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Prepare/Study

In Person Cram/Test Session

This is a memorization exercise – not an education session. You don’t need to prepare or study ahead of time, but clearing your calendar and be prepared to dedicate the day to get your license is best. Distractions during the study blocks will be a negative influence on your exam performance.

On-Line Ham Study Process

Obtain study materials – Download PDF files based on the license class you’re looking for or purchase ham study books from groups such as hamstudy.org (free), ARRL or W5YI. Study the materials on your own.
Go to HamStudy.org (if you didn’t already do so in step 1) and register for a free account and try some practice tests.
Continue practicing until you’re consistently passing near 90%. You need 74% to pass a real test, but people typically do worse on a real test over a practice test.
Contact SBCVE (Volunteer Examiners) at [email protected] and reserve a time for a license testing session. See https://sbcara.org/pretest to see what needs to be done in advance of the appointment.
Follow the directions for Fully-Remote On-Line testing as directed to by the Contact Volunteer Examiner (N6HKT) at testing @ sbcara.org (without the spaces around the “@”)

Note – The diagrams the questions refer to are in the back of the document.

Taking the Exam

Upcoming On-Line Remote Test Sessions

SAT 02/01 – IN-PERSON Cram or TEST ONLY

Status = Open is open to the general public
Status = Quad County means sessions open to those in San Benito, Monterey, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties only. Email [email protected] for a link to register. The session will open up to the general public if there are seats available about 5 days before the session.

Prepare to take an online test

Prepare for your On-Line Test Session (PreTest)

Amateur Radio License Testing

We are having fully-remote on-line ham testing sessions. We are planning more – if you’re interested, please contact our contact volunteer examiner at testing @ sbcara.org or check https://hamstudy.org/sessions/N6HKT for dates….

Before 2Q 2020, our group had over a 90% pass rate for the Ham Cram (Amateur Radio License Study) process.

After the Exam

Congrats to those who passed their Exams!

Click here for the results

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