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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.
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