Amateur Radio Course Ad I found
https://course.hamradioprep.com/
So, got shown an ad for this on youtube and figured I'd share it since it seems cheap enough that someone might be interested.
Still I will say that I've watched some yt videos and taken some practice tests and while I haven't actually taken the test yet I feel confident I/you can absolutely get at least the technical exam passed entirely for free. Quite probably the general exam as well, though it is a bit harder from what I've studied already.
I have not taken this course myself, so I can't actually say it's "good" but if you're one of those who like a more guided, course, rather than self study this might be something useful for you.
Feel free to share alternative courses, playlists, books, etc. in the comments.
Posted Dec 2, 2019, 9:21 PM UTC
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I haven't taken either so not sure what they might have that's worth paying for :)
Hopefully there is in fact something, if nothing else because they run YT ads that might bring the topic up to more people.... but that seems like a very very small reason.
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Seems like a hint that it's not super well run. Though it may well have perfect information
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Didn't know that, haven't looked into any local ones yet actually.
I just found the YT videos previously and a couple free practice test apps and realized it'd be pretty easy to pass if I took some time on it... need to get back into doing a test a day at the same time I practice Spanish on Duolingo (eh it's not much but I do live in Texas and I don't personally expect the end of the world in less than 5 years so a few minutes a day oughta get me somewhere eventually)
The General test pool (edit: all three, actually) is (are) changed by the FCC every 4 years. The most recent was the General, so that is just letting people know that the current General class test pool started in July of 2019.
except that it says "starts" implying that it happens in the future not "started" which would mean it happened in the past... and July 2019 has in fact passed.
Like I said, the relevant information may be perfect, but the front page there clearly has not been updated since at least before July 2019
I see your point. I don't have any affiliation with the site. You can probably email them to update it, but it's probably just the front page subtitle that will change.
As far as I'm aware, it is still grammatically correct as this is (or was going to become) a test bank that is active. If it were not presently active, then there would be no excuse. Granted, this may be a comparatively archaic convention.