Join the Exciting World of Ham Radio!

Want to talk to the astronauts aboard the International Space Station, or speak with your friends across town? How about sending digital signals through satellites, or linking your radio into the internet to speak with fellow hams around the world? You can do all of this—and more—with just the entry level amateur radio license, Technician Class.

Gordon West’s Technician Class book contains everything you need to learn to become a licensed amateur radio operator. Every exact question and answer that will appear on the written theory exam you will take for your ham license. The 35 multiple-choice questions on your exam will be taken from the Element 2 question pool. All 411 questions and answers that can be used to make up your exam are here in this book.

Author Gordon West, WB6NOA, has reorganized the Q&A to follow the syllabus of his highly successful weekend ham radio course. Along with Eric P. Nichols, KL7AJ, Gordo takes you through groups of questions that are logically arranged so you learn all of the material about each topic area—from how you earn your first license, to frequency privileges, to where you can operate, to how to use satellites and talk to the astronauts! Together, they tell you the right answer and explain in detail why the answer is correct. Technician Class is full of Gordon’s unique educational style that makes learning easy and fun.

Gordo and Eric have included over 125 addresses of helpful, educational websites and other resources. Their friend Elmer has exclusive Ham Hints—great practical advice for the new ham! Along the way, you’ll learn important information to help you get on the air as a new Technician Class operator.

Use this book with ARRL Exam Review for Ham Radio online to review the material. You can even take practice exams so there are no surprises on exam day!

Listen to the fun 53-minute “On the Air” audio experience Gordo prepared for you.