Ham Radio School

• What is the Amateur Radio Service?

• Technician, General, and Extra Licenses...
  What's the difference?

• What's So Great About Ham Radio?

• What are the Different Kinds of Ham Radios?

• What Should I Get for My First Radio?

• What Kind of Antenna Will I Need?

• What are Radio Modes and Bands?

• Basic On-Air Rules and Regs

• Ham Speak: Learning the Lingo

• How Far can I Talk with a Handheld Radio?

• I Got My License!  Now what?

• Five Common Mistakes New Hams Make

• Which Coaxial Cable Should I Use?

• What's That Connector on My HT?

• Electrical Shock Protection

• How Many Antennas Do I Need?

• Dissecting Your Technician Exam

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How To

• What Frequency Do I Use on 2 Meters?

• What Frequency Do I Use on 70 Centimeters?

• Hey, Why Can't I Access the Repeater?

• How to Choose a Repeater

• Get the Right Signal Tone

• A VHF FM Station at Home

• Considering a VHF/UHF Antenna for Your Home?

• Practical Signal Reports

• Ham Radio Mobile Installation -- Going Mobile (Part 1)

  • Going Mobile Part 1 continued​

  • Ham Radio Mobile Installation -- Going Mobile (Part 2)

• Mobile Station Ignition Interference (Noise Blanker)​

• Your First Dipole Antenna (HF bands)

• Trimming a Dipole Antenna

• NVIS - Near Vertical Incidence Skywave

• Amateur Satellite Contacts

• Get a Vanity Call Sign

• RF Ground Conductors

• Radio Contest? Why?

• Tower Grounding (T0B08)

Try our articles that reinforce exam content and go deeper with practical knowledge to expand your understanding.

On-Air Operations

• Standard Phonetic Alphabet

• Phonetic Alphabets (alternatives)

• Transmitting Privileges (T1E04)

• Repeater Offsets on 2-meter Band

• FM Repeater Introduction

• Tactical Nets

• VHF Multi-mode Transceiver (SSB, CW on VHF)

• SSB on 2-meters: The other VHF mode

• Single Sideband Advantages

• SSB Transmit Power: Audio Required!

• SSB Receive Filter Bandwidth

• Receiver Signal Discrimination (T7A04)

• Types of RF Interference (T7B03)

• Allowable International Contacts

• Working DX Contacts

• RF Exposure Factors & Mitigation (T0C04)

• HF Operations: The Difference with HF

• Simplex, Duplex, Offset, Split

• Split Mode Operations (G4A03)

• Digital Voice Primer (DMR, DSTAR, YSF)

• Heterodyne Receiver

• Maximum Antenna Height & Airports (G1B01)

• Digital Automatic Repeat Query (G8C07)

• PSK31 Varicode (G8C08)

• DX Techniques (propagation)

• Carson's Rule for FM Bandwidth (G8B06)

• Direct Digital Conversion (E7F01)

• dBi vs. dBd antenna gain values (G9C04)

• Dipole Feed Point Impedance (G9B08)

• Yagi Antenna Driven Element (G9C02)

• Log Periodic Antenna (G9D06)

• Antenna Q Factor - an intuitive approach

• Complex Impedance Part 1: Just a Passing Phase

• Complex Impedance Part 2: Reacting Nicely

• Complex Impedance Part 3: Putting It All Together

• Capacitive Reactance (G5A06)

• Transformer Windings (G5C06)

• Transformer Winding Diameters (G5C16)

• Bleeder Resistors (G7A01)

• Vacuum Tubes (Amps) (G6A10)

• Operational Amplifiers (E7G12)