general ham ticket exam passed

// April 26th, 2009 // Amateur Radio

So the plan was to take my General Class License Exam in Dayton. Sounded great, it would give me enough time to study even if I was busy, and would have that ‘coolness’ of getting it ‘in Dayton’. Ah well, so much for that.

Prior to reading any sort of study material, I believe I was scoring only 20 percent; after I read a study guide, I was scoring in the 80s. I even took a practice right before leaving and only missed four.

That was to be the number I missed on the exam that I took the day before. As with my Technician class exam, my General was being administered in South Lyon at 9am, bright and early. I was on my way home with my CSCE before 10am!

I used a study guide made by Dan Romanchik, KB6NU, “The No-Nonsense General Class License Study Guide“. I had found several book or guides on the Internet, but the sentence structure of the answers to the questions made it feel easier to learn. There was an even flow for me to read the answers, rather than some guides where you have to stop and go with your read all the while trying to steer away from the wrong answers. I read it through once and then went back and re-read what sections I had trouble with.

There were some typos and some answers not in there but it allowed me to study quickly and improve greatly in a short amount of time. Thanks to Dan for putting together something so useful!

The next step is to get some gear and wire and start having some fun. While I’ll love phone, I think I’ll veer into the digital stuff pretty quick. I also look forward to talking to my grand father up in the U-P and the rest of the world!