<div dir="ltr">I studied for my exam with <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.hamstudy.mobile&hl=en_US&gl=US">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.hamstudy.mobile&hl=en_US&gl=US</a> (HamStudy), which covers all 3 exams. It is put out by the same group that puts out the ExamTools that the local ARC used to administer the exams. I believe there's an Apple Store version as well I just don't use an iPhone, so don't have the link handy.<div><br></div><div>I think I studied an hour or so each day while relaxing in the living room for a week on Tech and taking a practice test daily, then I studied and took a daily practice test for the General for about 3-4 days before I went to sit the exam. I was very confident about the Tech and a coin toss for the General when I sat it. I passed both 32/35, but as I hadn't even started to look at Extra I didn't opt to try taking it. I've been busy with work so I haven't studied much lately for the Extra but do intend to sit it at one of the next monthly club meetings once I get some time to study.</div><div><br>As for Steve's question, I do use the HT to communicate over the local repeaters in range. I can't always reach the Orlando repeaters except when I'm up at Disney World, but then I'm capable of hitting the WA2UPK, which is linked to the East Coast Reflector and have had conversations with other hams around the country. The local senior community that my MIL lives in has a radio club that I'm an associate member of has a repeater and runs daily nets that I join when I'm not missing them because I worked late. Unfortunately looks like the community my wife and I are building our house doesn't have many hams nearby so will probably need to work out a stealth antenna situation as HOA rules don't allow antennas.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 8:54 AM Jerald Sheets via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br><div>
<div>Jerald Sheets</div><div><a href="mailto:questy@gmail.com" target="_blank">questy@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div><br>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Sep 5, 2022, at 11:59 AM, Steve Litt via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:</div><div><div><br>Yes, because no license, and also because I haven't the time to speak to others on<br>the radio. I don't have the time to construct/buy an antenna. Heck, I don't even<br>have the time to get a license.<br><br></div></div></blockquote><br></div><div>I stand corrected. You sure sounded like an op.</div><div><br></div><div>Just a point of information: I downloaded an app and ran the tests for about a month in the mornings while having coffee, went in and sat for my test one random Tuesday evening, and got both my Technician and General that way, acing the General… It doesn’t take that much effort. Or, at least, it takes less effort than you would guess.</div><div><br></div><div>Tech:</div><div><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.delasystems.hamradioexamtech&hl=en_US&gl=US" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.delasystems.hamradioexamtech&hl=en_US&gl=US</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ham-radio-exam-tech/id601991935" target="_blank">https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ham-radio-exam-tech/id601991935</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>General:</div><div><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.delasystems.hamradioexamgeneral&hl=en_US&gl=US" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.delasystems.hamradioexamgeneral&hl=en_US&gl=US</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ham-radio-exam-tech/id601991935" target="_blank">https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ham-radio-exam-tech/id601991935</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Extra:</div><div><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.delasystems.hamradioexamextra&hl=en_US&gl=US" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.delasystems.hamradioexamextra&hl=en_US&gl=US</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ham-radio-exam-extra/id606900813" target="_blank">https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ham-radio-exam-extra/id606900813</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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