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Thank You, I already did that search last night. I don't mind traveling a bit (up to about an hour) to get a course.
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Nashua, NH
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License Classes
We offer a Amateur Radio License Class for all levels licenses. Our classes are held over a single weekend and feature live demos and hands-on learning.
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Yes, but it is NOT in Nashua. NARS is running everything Virtual. So the classes and exams are done via Zoom. No travel involved.Nashua, NH
License Classes
We offer a Amateur Radio License Class for all levels licenses. Our classes are held over a single weekend and feature live demos and hands-on learning.
Register For An Amateur Radio License Class
You can register to attend a Ham Radio License Class by completing the form below. We will contact you with more information about the preparation required.
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I finished reading the Technician Class book today, I am going to take a break and start reading it again on Sunday. Hopefully that will help me understand it better. I am signed up for the class and exam scheduled for next weekend.
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ToddDubya
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Speak up if you have any questions.
breslau
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Hopefully you've been taking practice tests online. Nothing can prepare you better for the exam than answering the actual test questions.
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Practice Amateur Radio Exams by QRZ Ham Radio is the set of practice tests that I used.
ToddDubya
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Another way to study for the test is to print the question pool, highlight the correct answers and run through those a bunch of times. You want to focus on the correct answer and ignore the incorrect answers.
breslau
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Hamexam.org lets you print the question pool with only the correct answer showing. Never seeing the wrong answers makes recognizing the correct one easier.
breslau
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Do it. Getting your General will open the HF bands to you.
Print the question pool with the correct answers only, Carry it with you and read it every free moment.
The QVARC has exam sessions in West Brookfield the last Tuesday of April and June.
Challenge.. pass the General exam in West Brookfield in April and I'll cover your $15 exam fee.
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Don't forget that you can keep taking tests as long as you pass them for that one fee ... I didn't know that when I prepped for my Tech license or I might have left with my Extra. As it was, I was a couple of questions short that first day and had to go back a second time to get that one 
Getting access to the HF bands really makes it worth it.
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ToddDubya
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From what I recall, the formulas are mostly some variation of:
1. V = IR
2. P = VI
3. wavelength = 300 / frequency in MHz
If you know those three and variations of those three (i.e. I = V/R), you're in good shape.
Acronyms are just memorization. It helps to know what the acronym means, but also just memorize the correct answer and ignore the incorrect answers.
If there are any questions or concepts you just don't understand, just ask.
I always point people to Dan Romanchik's (KB6NU) study guides. The Technician guide is free.
ToddDubya
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Nice on the HT. There's also the Jump Start program through QRZ/Gigaparts if you want a non-Baofeng inexpensive HT. The program is for newly licensed hams.
I have a Lido mount in my car. I don't leave a radio in there. I just use it for road trips, so not a ton of run time with it. The one I have uses the passenger seat bold, and the mounting plate holds a remote face plate and mic hanger. You could probably fit more. I just toss the body of the radio on the passenger seat because I run off a battery, but you could easily stuff that under a seat.
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I have a mag mount antenna that does pretty good. It's been temporary for a couple years now. I think I'd like to switch to a lip mount that goes on the hood or fender, maybe the hatchback, and run coax/power through the firewall. You see a lot of lip mounts on trucks, too.
ToddDubya
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Since mine isn't permanent, I wish I had gotten the removable one. Fortunately I don't have any friends so nobody ever rides in the passenger seat to ask why that thing is there.
I am really impressed with the quality. I would buy another Lido product.
I am really impressed with the quality. I would buy another Lido product.
