Subj : Re: Learn, Amateurs Learn! To : All From : Nigel Reed Date : Wed Oct 22 2025 04:52 pm On Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:27:37 -0500 "Mortar M." wrote: > Re: Learn, Amateurs Learn! > By: Sean Dennis to Mortar M. on Tue Oct 21 2025 18:39:52 > > > Maybe you should become a ham. I think you'd make a great elmer, > > Heh, 'preciate the sentiment, but I have a long way to go before I'd > try that. As for becoming a ham, I've studied for the Tech ticket a > few times, but VEs in my area are hard to come by, but now that > there's remote testing, I just might give it another go. > > On a tangent, anybody have any reccomendations for a study guide in > book form? I learn better by reading. I had ARRL's book, but I > found it lacking details. The problem I have is that there's a lot to remember and by the time I'm 3 chapters in, I probably forgot what's in the first chapter. I learn by with continue testing and incorporating more as you go. A bit like computer labs, you start with simple stuff then you build on that knowledge until you know the thing inside out. I find that sort of HAM learning/training hard to come by. -- End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX telnet endofthelinebbs.com 23 --- SBBSecho 3.30-Linux * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (1:124/5016) .