Studying the Week after Christmas
As much as I truly would like to play console games all week (between Christmas and New Year’s) and read novels on the Kindle, I really do need to set deadlines for myself to get my FCC Technician license, General license, and begin my CISSP.
I’m taking classes, studying, and doing practice exams to test my knowledge cold. I want to score 90% (or better) with each practice exam (cold) before scheduling my proctored exams.
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HAM Radio Gear and Pending “Radio Shack”
While I’ve been into radio scanning using Uniden Bearcat, Tandy/Radio Shack, and Yaesu receivers and transceivers since I was a teenager, I’m now using a Yaesu VX-8DR as my handheld transceiver, a Malahit 1.10c SDR (Software Defined Radio) at 50MHz through 2.0GHz, and getting a new HackRF One with Portapack H2 at 50MHz through 6.0GHz.
I already have my Federal Registry Number (FRN) but haven’t yet scheduled my proctored exam for my FCC Technician or General licenses yet. Right now, taking an FCC practice exam “cold” (no studying or prep) gets me 60-70%. I want to consistently score 90% or better on any practice exam (taken “cold”) before I schedule my exam with a certified radio operator. I’m hoping to take my FCC Technician exam by early/mid January, and to get my FCC Callsign by late January once I’m entered in the ULS.
I already have a few ideas for my FCC Vanity Callsign. I’ll make it public once I’ve passed my exam and I have my ULS pending or complete.
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