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What Can We Do to Get Youth into Ham Radio? (www.onallbands.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by BenDoubleU@lemmy.radio to c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio

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[–] 667@lemmy.radio 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Are you eligible for a US license? HamStudy.org and study for the Technician’s license. Memorize the answers. Then when you are passing practice exams with a solid 80% or better, schedule your remote exam through the HamStudy website, take it, then get on the air.

I did my Tech from a beachside resort in the Philippines during the peak of the pandemic.

You can do it!

[–] greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

This is helpful advice, thank you.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I'm intensely jealous of people who couldn't work during COVID (well more specifically those who could manage or were being paid still). Working at a grocery apparently makes you as essential as a doctor or nurse...

Great advice though, sir or madam.

[–] 667@lemmy.radio 2 points 1 week ago

I had been looking for remote testing since about 2018 because personal circumstances had me moving about quite a bit. Possibly there were some options back then, but I had not been able to find it; Covid certainly made that widely available. As soon as I had discovered it, I booked my appointment and studied/memorized.

Covid was a tough time for many, and a tragedy for others. I am thankful for folks, like you, who worked during that difficult global time, to ensure access to food went basically uninterrupted.