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Assunto:  Re: How long does it take
De:       James Goble
Data:     Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:09:00 -0500
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  hbRenb: hcRe: How long does it take?
  bBynb: hcfusion bto cJames Goble bon cFri Jan 30 2026 07:55 pmn

 > On 30 Jan 2026, James Goble said the following...
 > 
 >  JG>   Re: Just saying Hello to the
 >  JG>   By: Daryl Stout to phigan on Tue Jan 27 2026 10:11 pm
 > 
 >  JG> How long does it typically take to get this license? To become a ham
 >  JG> radio op that is.
 > 
 > a technician's license is really easy to get .. and in fact a lot of people
 > do get them (perhaps unwanted lol) because of insistance from an SO or someo
 > else.
 > 
 > there are only 35 questions.. some of the questions are *extremely* easy. an
 > they're multiple choice. some of the choices are obviously wrong, leaving yo
 > with something like a 50/50 shot on a lot of them.
 > 
 > if you know the FCC is responsible for radio communications in the USA and y
 > get that question, you've got one right answer..
 > 
 > by extension, if the FCC is responsible for licensing, from whom do you thin
 > you'll get an email to download your printable license from? (the FCC doesn'
 > mail anything anymore.. they're cheap as heck)
 > 
 > some of them you might not know off hand but are easy to remember.. somethin
 > happened just before they sent you that email.. they put your license in the
 > ULS database.. so what proves you have a license, if they don't care whether
 > you have a printed license or not? when you search the ULS database and your
 > license is there :)
 > 
 > there are a lot of questions about the rules, but you'll probably be interes
 > in them anyways.. like where beacons are allowed (if you can hear the beacon
 > that means there's probably good radio propagation toward/from where the bea
 > is, etc) or how repeater frequencies are chosen (you have things like repeat
 > councils that coordinate them so they don't interfere with each other.. and 
 > might get to know a lot of those people or want to run a repeater yourself
 > someday)
 > 
 > anyways.. imo the time isn't very long. if you mostly retain stuff you read,
 > it's not very complicated where i think you'll be studying that hard. they
 > offer ham-in-a-day classes at hamfests and fully expect you to pass.
 > 
 > you'll probably wait longer for the license to show up in the database than 
 > did studying..
 > 
 > Also, try to avoid paying somebody to take the test if you can:
 > 
 > https://larc-vec.org/home.php
 > 
 > it really rubs me the wrong way when your first interaction with your local
 > hams is handing some dude $40 for no reason

Thank you! I will do some reading and maybe try this out sometime soon.

James,
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