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Quick question do you actually have to take the class or can you just study the book take some practice test and sit down for the test?
Search bar is your friend with stuff like this. Yes, you have to actually take the class, complete the hours of training, and obtain a certificate of completion, some towns/police chiefs require live fire.
I took a class, read the ARRL book, watched Dave Casler's YT videos (that go chapter by chapter to the book) and took many QRZ tests. I sat for the exam and passed both Tech and General at that sitting. I had wanted to take the Extra class, but too much going on to read/study for that since the class starts in 2 weeks. I'll wait for the next time Nashua Area Radio Society runs the class in the Fall.
Here's a question for you from a guy who knows absolutely nothing at all about radios:
Why get a license? Why can't someone just buy a radio and an antenna and mess around?
I'm not trolling. I've just always wondered why you need a ham license but you don't need a CB license.
Quick question do you actually have to take the class or can you just study the book take some practice test and sit down for the test?
Thanks. Interesting.Nothing prevents you from obtaining equipment and listening. Since the amateur radio bands are self-policing,
should you transmit regularly from a fixed location you are exposed to be reported to the FCC and subject to
fines. Likelihood? Unknown.
There are ham contests called "fox-hunting" which involve use of mobile directional antennas to locate a small, hidden
transmitter -- hmmmm, wonder what skill is being trained/practiced here? (grin).