2025 Technician Licensing Class
Classes are Saturday Feb. 1st. & Sunday Feb. 2nd. 2025
Thank you for your interest in the 2025 edition of the entry-level Technician license exam preparation course produced by members of the NNY Section, the Tryon Amateur Radio Club (K2JJI) & The Cedar Grove Amateur Radio Club (WW2G). We cover 10 counties in upstate NY and have decades of ham radio experience between us.
This program will run as a mostly "self-study" course with assistance from NNY licensed subject-matter experts. We will meet on Saturday & Sunday Feb. 1st and 2nd. 2025. The course sequence will follow the material as presented in the ARRL Ham Radio License Manual (5th Edition) (optional but recommended) and free companion videos by Dave Casler available on Youtube.
Prospective licensees participating in this course will have a good chance to pass the Technician licensing exam given by our Volunteer Examiner team at the new East Berne Fire Department located on Route 792 Helderberg Trail (Rt443) East Berne NY 12059. Click Here For Map
How To Get The Required FRN
All amateur examination applicants will be required to provide an FCC Registration Number (FRN) to the Volunteer Examiners (VEs) before taking an amateur exam, in place of a Social Security Number. An FCC video provides step-by-step instructions on how to obtain an FRN through the FCC’s COmmission REgistration System (CORES).
What Materials Do I Need?
Here is a link to PURCHASE a great study guide
Click Here to Purchase ARRL Ham Radio License Manual (5th Edition), either in paper or e-book format.
Here is a link to a FREE Study Guide for those who do not wish to purchase one
Click Here To Download A Free Technician Study Guide
Below Are the Links to the Individual Chapters for the Dave Casler Technician License Series
These videos are short and do a good job explaining the material
T01 How to Get Your Ham Radio License 2022-2026
T02 Chapter 1 2022-2026
T03 Radio Signals and Waves 2022-2026
T04 Radio Equipment Basics 2022-2026
T05 Electricity, Ohm's Law Explained 2022-2026
T06 Components and Units 2022-2026
T07 Radio Circuits: Oscillator, Amplifiers, Modulator, Mixers
T08 Propagation
T09 Antenna and Radio Wave Basics 2022-2026
T10 Feed Lines and SWR 2022-2026
T11 Section 4.4 Practical Antenna Systems
T12 Modulation
T13 Transmitters and Receivers 2022-2026
T14 Digital Communications
T15 Section 5.4 Power Supplies and Batteries 2022-2026
T16 Section 6.1 Band Plans 2022-2026
T17 Section 6.2 Making Contacts 2022-2026
T18 Section 6.3 Using Repeaters 2022-2026
T19 Section 6.4 Nets 2022-2026
T20 Section 6.5 Communications for Public Service 2022-2026
T21 Section 6.6 Satellite Operating 2022-2026
T22 Section 7.1 Licensing Terms
T23 Section 7.2 Bands and Privileges 2022-2026
T24 Section 7.3 International Rules 2022-2026
T25 Section 7.4 Call Signs 2022-2026
T26 Section 8.1 Control Operators
T27 Section 8.2 Identification 2022-2026
T28 Section 8.3 Interference 2022-2026
T29 Section 8.4 Third-Party Communications 2022-2026
T30 Section 8.5 Remote and Automatic Operation 2022-2026
T31 Section 8.6 Prohibited Transmissions
T32 Section 9.1 Electrical Safety 2022-2026
T33 Section 9.2 Managing RF in Your Station
T34 Section 9.3 RF Interference 2022-2026
T35 Section 9.4 RF Exposure 2022-2026
T36 Section 9.5 Mechanical Safety
T37 Exam Review 2022-2026