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Technician License Study Guide
The Technician license is the starting point for amateur radio. It gives you access to local communication, emergency support, digital modes, satellites, and a portion of the HF bands.
This guide explains every major topic you need to understand to operate safely, confidently, and within FCC rules.
Each topic below leads to a focused lesson that teaches the concepts behind the exam questions. You’ll learn practical radio skills, electrical basics, antenna behavior, operating procedures, and the rules that govern amateur radio.
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T0 Safety
Safety is the foundation of amateur radio. These lessons cover electrical hazards, antenna safety, RF exposure, grounding, lightning protection, and safe station practices.
T0 Safety Overview →
T0A Power Circuits and Hazards →
T0B Antenna Safety →
T0C RF Hazards →
T1 Commission’s Rules
These lessons explain the FCC rules that govern amateur radio, including licensing, permitted uses, station identification, control operators, and prohibited transmissions.
T1 Commission’s Rules Overview →
T1A Purpose and Permissible Use →
T1B Frequency Allocations and Emission Modes →
T1C Licensing and Renewal →
T1D Authorized and Prohibited Transmissions →
T1E Control Operator →
T1F Station Identification and Repeaters →
T2 Operating Procedures
Learn how to make contacts, use repeaters, handle emergency traffic, operate on nets, and follow proper on-air etiquette.
T2 Operating Procedures Overview →
T2A Station Operation and Band Plans →
T2B VHF/UHF Operating Practices →
T2C Public Service and Emergency Operations →
T3 Radio Wave Propagation
These lessons explain how radio waves travel, including line-of-sight, reflection, refraction, skip, and other propagation effects.
T3 Radio Wave Propagation Overview →
T3A Radio Wave Characteristics →
T3B Electromagnetic Wave Properties →
T3C Propagation Modes →
T4 Amateur Radio Practices
These lessons cover station setup, microphone techniques, power supplies, grounding, operating controls, and common station tools.
T4 Amateur Radio Practices Overview →
T4A Station Setup →
T4B Operating Controls →
T5 Electrical Principles
Learn the basics of voltage, current, resistance, power, capacitance, inductance, Ohm’s Law, and simple circuit calculations.
T5 Electrical Principles Overview →
T5A Current and Voltage →
T5B Math for Electronics →
T5C Capacitance, Inductance, and Power →
T5D Ohm’s Law and Circuits →
T6 Electronic and Electrical Components
These lessons introduce resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes, transistors, integrated circuits, schematic symbols, and component functions.
T6 Components Overview →
T6A Basic Components →
T6B Semiconductors →
T6C Circuit Diagrams →
T6D Component Functions →
T7 Practical Circuits
These lessons explain station equipment, transmitters, receivers, interference, troubleshooting, test instruments, and soldering.
T7 Practical Circuits Overview →
T7A Station Equipment and Radio Circuits →
T7B Common Transmitter and Receiver Problems →
T7C Antenna and Feed Line Troubleshooting →
T7D Test Instruments and Soldering →
T8 Signals and Emissions
Learn about modulation, bandwidth, satellites, digital modes, APRS, radio direction finding, and non-voice communications.
T8 Signals and Emissions Overview →
T8A FM, SSB, and Bandwidth →
T8B Amateur Satellite Operation →
T8C Operating Activities →
T8D Digital and Non-Voice Communications →
T9 Antennas and Feed Lines
These lessons explain antenna types, polarization, coaxial cable, feed lines, SWR, matching, and how antennas affect station performance.
T9 Antennas and Feed Lines Overview →
T9A Antennas →
T9B Feed Lines and SWR →
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