Ham Radio Technician Prep Intro (2022-2026)

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[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

The entire playlist can be found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/epXdgoZnZa-hfrc

[@chito89]

Hey, thank you so much for helping me with this license. I just took mine today and I passed. Thank you again I actually sent this videos to my sister. She’s also interested in getting her license.!!!

[@D_Math]

Just passed my Technician exam. Thanks to you, Josh, and HAMStudy! The cram and practice test coupled with your videos are invaluable. I started study 24 hours before passing, its that good 👍🏼

[@tacothegoldfish]

Where did you take your test?

[@spyder2289]

Thanks HRCC! Just passed my Technician license exam with help from your vids.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Congrats!

[@bill3805]

I don't really want to fast track to my Technician license, I want to UNDERSTAND it all. Thank you for this wonderful series and thank you to HamStudy for the awesome app! My Grandmother (K9IVG), turned me on to amateur radio 40/45 years ago. I am only just beginning my journey near retirement from the 9to5. Thanks again

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

I generally recommend that getting the license and being able to transmit is the most effective way to learn.

[@TadTrueman]

Just passed my technician test. Your videos taught me so much. Thanks. Now to study for my General.

[@feedmeifyoudare2]

Thank You for this service Josh

[@nobody8717]

Nice. I'll watch this series as a refresher. It's been 26 years since i got my license.

[@JoePastorgomez]

Went to Ham Study and took their first practice test without studying just using random stored brain info and got a 45% score and now to study up

[@javabeanz8549]

Having listened to none of the other videos, I tried a "cold turkey" taking of the practice test, I got 71%, so I think that I have a good start already.

[@taytur5138]

This is awesome! I found this channel a few days ago and immediately started diving into the study materials in order to pass the Tech and General. This is great timing, thanks for putting in the effort with these videos, Josh.

[@hauver01]

Just took and passed my technician exam thanks to Josh's crash course! Awesome work, now to work toward my general.

[@mikec4513]

Thank you for posting these. It helped me a great deal. Passed my technician class today.

[@mattchaffin1133]

I have been trying to get focused on the ham study site. Just found your videos. I think this will greatly help the info sink in. Can’t wait to start this learning journey.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

I'm so glad!

[@brucesquires3698]

Thank you for posting these. It got me past the curiosity stage the week before last. I passed Technician last week and now on to General. You are a great Ambassador sir! 😊

[@andrewbeaudoin6799]

Josh, thank you very much for this series and all your videos. Just passed my technician test today and excited to start studying for my general and excited to start out in this hobby. Your videos are invaluable!

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Congrats! Thanks for the kind words!

[@patriot9183]

Taking my Tech test tonight. Husband his General. I feel ready and thank this video series.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Good luck to the both of you!

[@Chris-ip8uv]

Thank you, Josh. This should help a good bit as I'm having a heck of a time with this. Muchly appreciated.

[@brianmacon]

Although I became really tired of listening to you... at the end; it was your UT vignettes with ARRL exam reviews that gave me success. Good Job. Passed Tech with 100%. Listening to the 'Ham Whisperer' now, with LCWO & Morse Mania to get my CW Ear... I'm a stranger in a strange land... for a little while. Uhmmm... Oh Yeah, Thanks.

[@robbailey1688]

Josh - these videos are going to be amazingly helpful!! Thanks for taking the time to make them!

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Thank you!

[@surveysy7561]

Passed Technician exam just today! I watched Josh's videos over and over and it really helped me. Josh, you are dedicated Engineer and serving mankind. What I liked about video is your effort to explain the question and its answer. I am also Engineer and I can tell with your explanation that you LOVE your subject - keep it up.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Thank you very much!

[@cornbread114]

I appreciate the videos brother. I studied for a week watching these videos several times and passed my technician license this morning. Thanks again.

[@913von]

Passed my Technician class license, thanks so much for the video series. Going to watch the General series of videos to take the test. Thank Josh and team.

[@terrymeyer7084]

Just took a practice test without any study. Got 24 answers correct. Now i will study using your vids.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Start on General. You can pass both!

[@Will_N4WIL]

Excellent!! I was just talking about this series at our club meeting last week. Shared to the club f-book page. Thanks Josh!!

[@WitchesPuzzle]

I'm having difficulty with focusing, and your videos are always straightforward. I'm working to get my General and am heading to download HamStudy right now. I hope you make a General and Extra series like this Technician series as I can actually focus on the material easier in video format instead of plunking myself down with a book. My flighty mind has a tendency to wander! Good job. I wish I'd had this series when getting my Technician license. 73 de KF0BKX

[@Joeylikeswakkie]

I just passed my Tech exam! I listened to your videos and took hamstudy practice tests for 1-week straight and I completed the exam with only two missed questions :) Thank you for your time and support!

[@wildcatcomms]

Perfect time to drop this series, Josh! Very, VERY cool and very much appreciated for those of us trying to turn people on to serious amateur radio operation and getting their license. Thank you and 73 👍👍

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

More to come!

[@voodoo1331]

Thanks for the video series, watched it back to back to back for a week before I took the tech exam. Aced it! You should do one for general. Seriously, you are pretty easy to listen to and you teach in an effective manner.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Thank you! That’s very appreciated!

[@surveysy7561]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse Greatness of your videos is that not only you answered questions, but you also explained what is the meaning of that answer - amazing. Thank you for helping me in passing exam. I sent email to you too

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

I'm so glad it helped you! 73!

[@maureenmiaullis6427]

Took my test on Saturday and passed. Thank you very much.

[@HellFire107]

Passed my technician license exam today with 100% correct. Thank you for posting these videos as they make it easier to study.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Congrats!!

[@DrChazKL0T]

Looking forward to watching your new series!

[@johnnyzippo7109]

Josh ! I had written a really great description of my testing experience today , how , issues with the tablet nearly jammed me up . I passed , between your very memorable guidance , to the really great folks proctoring the exams , I passed ! Feeling really great right now , so great , no need to re write my comment that got deleted before completion , simply , THANK YOU , Josh !!!!

[@cgsturm]

Just wanted to thank you for this playlist. I just passed my Technician 91%. I used your videos and Roy Watson's Ham Radio Exam app. Looking forward to your General series.

[@charlygoehring6155]

No, I clicked on this video beacuse I like this channel!

[@ksink74]

Worked on me too.

[@andyfaulkner6653]

Thanks Josh! Just passed my Tech and owe it to you and your channel.

[@MFINK92]

I watched this video series and used a practice test. Just passed the Tech exam. didn't even study general and almost passed it. Thank you for these videos and all the free resources available everyone provides for this hobby.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

I’m glad these videos helped!

[@Philip-KA4KOE]

A coworker got interested in my radio activities and I immediately thought to send her here.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Thank you!

[@alecdavis1892]

Just passed my exam! Thank you for making these videos! Made it easy!

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Congrats!

[@IWantOffThisRock]

Trying to get into HAM radio, Thank you for the course!

[@chrisjohnston5748]

Thank you for making this great content! It's been extremely helpful in retaining this information having some context along what's the correct answers. Going to take my test tomorrow morning!

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Glad it was helpful!

[@chrisjohnston5748]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse I passed with 100%! Thanks again

[@andcgo]

I just passed my tech exam in Elko, NV. Your Prep playlist was invaluable. THANKS!

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Glad it was helpful!

[@richiec7602]

Hi, Josh. I watched all of your videos and went to HamStudy website and studied for my Technician class license. I passed and just waiting for the Fcc to assign me a call sign. Thanks for what you do for us beginners. I certainly learn a lot from your videos.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Congrats!

[@onaleviiionalev1606]

Thank you so much bro. I passed my technician license last October..

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Good job!!

[@IowaGoodGuy]

Just took tech exam, passed. Thanks for what you do😊

[@wayneiac0171]

Disregard someone else asked it after I posted! Love the channel! Take care!

[@user-cq9zl9sf2t]

Thanks

[@chuckdaddyo]

Hey! Wanted to say thank you for doing this series. I took my Technician test yesterday and scored a 35 out of 35. Moving on to General now. Thanks for the help.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Congrats!!

[@Hebdomad7]

This is such a cool series. I just wished I had the same for Advanced Licences for VK land. I would totally watch this if I was in the US, however I don't want to get my Australian and USA registrations mixed up.

[@Jerry-td8yn]

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH BRO, I PASSED 1ST TRY!

[@sgrun100]

My dad passed away years ago- is there a possibility of transferring his call sign to me to keep it going?

[@jonathan87689]

I hope you found what you needed already but here is what I found

[@markburke5410]

Great videos watched them all and passed the test first time thanks. looking forward to watching the next videos for The next level license.

[@wackzingo]

Pro Tip: Get a copy of the question/answer pool. Cross out all options except the correct answer. When you take the test, only one answer will look familiar and the others will be completely foreign.

[@michaelt.9372]

I took and passed my general today. I went back and took a tech practice test and absolutely bombed it. Lol

[@michaelandchiyospaulding2689]

When are you going to update the general class info? This playlist was super helpful in getting my Technician license. I really enjoyed your method of focusing on the correct answers, and after doing the course on Ham Radio Prep, this really helped to reinforce the information. Hoping to do the same for both General and Extra. Thanks!

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Whenever someone figures out how to get me more time in the day. I still have a fulltime career and a family, which comes first.

[@michaelandchiyospaulding2689]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse lol, I get it. But do know that your efforts are greatly appreciated and extremely useful. I would say these videos were perhaps the most helpful tool I used to study for the exam. And I kinda went nuts, read two books, took an online course, watched multiple online prep courses, and yours, by far, was the most pertinent and useful with regards to test taking. Thanks again for all you do!

[@DirtyPlumbus]

I'm here because I'm procrastinating reading the ARRL handbook. 🤣 The math makes me go cross-eyed. Lol

[@warmfreeze]

so ive been interested in HAM for quite some time but i have very basic knowledge of RF from my days of playing with CBs back when i was a kid.. i took a practice test online and passed with an 85%

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Good job! Congrats!

[@Lion_McLionhead]

As animals who don't intend to ever use CTCSS DTMF, Q signals, DMR FT8 WSJT-X D-STAR SSB, lions find every section that he says is easy to be very difficult.

[@GusParera]

Thank you for this series! Watched the series and did practice tests total time invested 2 days. Passed the test with a 91% yeah I forgot the Ohms law.... KQ4LNM Miami, FL

[@tazman_tr]

taking tech test 3/18.. wish i had found you earlier

[@robertallen3133]

Fantastic channel, thank you.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Thank you!

[@GamingKing545]

can you please do an updated series for general class

[@kennethhughes249]

Is this a good start radio for a technican TYT TH-9800 Quad Band 50W Cross-Band Mobile Car Ham Radio ?

[@HelloNotMe9999]

Please tell me you're gonna do a similar list for the General and Expert licenses? Learning hands on is certainly better, but this is good for understanding some of the underlying maths.

[@djmck1973]

Want to thank you for these videos, watched them while also taking the elements in HAM Study. I passed my Technician on Tuesday, KC1TDH. Will you be doing one on the new General and Amateur Extra soon?

[@havocproltd]

really like your work!! West's book is out of print. Any suggestions? ( not for nuthin, I used to have a 'thing" - HRCC & CC- Hunter's Ridge Croquet Course & Country Club... i gotr HRCC stuff all over my garage! )

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

It’s not out of print. Just get the version that covers the technician license into 2026.

[@havocproltd]

@@HamRadioCrashCourse the link you have above - amazon says out of print. really appreciate the lightning like response!!

[@suekohler766]

On the exam will they also referance the TOC12 next to the question number like they did on the test one?

[@A-a-ron480]

Could you do a video on technician and 10m please?

[@jimmywayneoconner9225]

I’d rather watch the videos first!

[@garywheeler2055]

Well I’m off to a crappy start……had to look up what “esoteric” meant 😅

[@patrickcousino7246]

Hi Josh. I am new to the hobby, like many others watching, but I am a bit old school. Could you recommend/direct me (us) to any particular books or PDFs or other docs that is essentially the info to test on? I highlight and scribble marginal notes A LOT and those mediums will help me greatly. Thanks so much for all you do here!

[@patrickcousino7246]

Disregard because clearly I let my excitement get to me before the end of the video… Cheers!

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

No problem. I hope Gordon West's books help you out!

[@WillW7WRP]

Can't find the Playlist for this series to share all together.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/epXdgoZnZa-hfrc

[@izmazix2148]

Watch2End&Comment

[@justjim2693]

I use the hf radios on the aircraft at my job. I don’t have a technician license. Am I in trouble?

[@bbroken1]

I'm taking mine on the 25th of this month hopefully I will pass.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Good luck!

[@dirtyharry205]

Ah yes.

[@whathappy6052]

T. rex arms sent me

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

Thanks!

[@naughtiusmaximus830]

As a vegetarian I resent the moniker.

[@jamess1787]

As an idiot, I would agree. Hihi

[@naughtiusmaximus830]

@@jamess1787 oooh so clever! You must get all the girls.

[@seniorchief48]

Thanks to help from the HRCC test crew I just received my technician certification. Aaaaannnndddd the coolest call sign ever “KF0OIY”. 😂 😂