Reference material
It would be helpful for those who want to learn the material rather than just learn the questions, if you referenced the material, books, websites, etc. from where the material can be studied. Memorizing answers to questions is only limited in benefit to understanding the material at best. Most the electrical questions are fairly straightforward that a first year student should know who understand Ohm's Law and some trigonometry, but someone without that knowledge would only be memorizing not learning. The FCC rules would be good to reference where this material can be downloaded and or summarized for a better grasp of the why certain rules are in place. Your explanations are helpful here, but it might be advantageous to do some reading before pursuing just potential questions. I see HamStudy as a great followup to first spending some time getting an understanding of the material. Those just looking for a shortcut to get answers will find that here, but memorizing not understanding.
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30 Oct, '21
Richard Bateman AdminWe would love to add instructional content, but we don't have the resources at the moment to do so. If you would like to put something together we're happy to integrate it ;-) We've been looking into this for awhile, but had to put it on hold when COVID hit so we could focus on the remote testing tools
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01 Nov, '21
J. LentOK, understand that. Perhaps a suggestion would be to add some links to material. Such as where the FCC CFR Title 47: Part 97 can be found. I downloaded a copy from March 2018 for review, but I'd have to look it up again to find the reference. Another for basic electronics understanding would be the Navy's Basic Electricity and Electronics Study material. This is good basic understanding of the material and can be downloaded for free from the following website: https://www.hnsa.org/manuals-documents/2575-2/. Thus just a few references might help someone learn more if they are willing to put in some time. I understand most just want to get their license so they can broadcast to what ever the license allows them. Reading the Part 97 is pretty dry, but its still good to have as a reference. The electrical will take some motivation and desire to understand some basic theory which eliminates some of that memorization exercise and will help an individual more than just getting on air.