I’ve been teaching ham radio license classes with our local radio club for many years now using the Ham Radio School books, written by my friend Stu Turner (W0STU). We use a fast-paced two-day format that strives for efficient learning…go fast but have the students actually learn something. Towards that end, we were frustrated with the existing license books and online material available: they either just “taught the exam” or overwhelmed the student with too much detail. Stu ended up writing the Technician license book that solves this problem. It is easy to read and covers just enough of the material so that the student actually learns about ham radio.
Now Ham Radio School has moved to the next level, offering an online Technician class based on high-quality video training. Stu is an excellent instructor and very competent at explaining the key concepts, so the videos are easy to watch and digest. Different people have different learning styles, so the Ham Radio School learning system includes the highly successful Technician book, online videos, and an extensive set of support materials on the hamradioschool.com website. Of course, these different elements are integrated together and present the ham radio concepts in a consistent manner.
Stu has developed a video production system that really works, using professional computer graphics tools. The videos are easy to watch, proceeding at a decent pace. If you miss something, you can always back up the presentation and look at it again.
You can try out the first four Technician lessons at no charge and then decide if this approach works for you. The entire video course is available for an introductory price of $15.95. (The Ham Radio School book is available for $19.95). Depending on your learning style, you might just want to read the book, view the video class, or do both. Your choice.
73 Bob K0NR
Disclosure: I have contributed content to the Ham Radio School website, provided technical consulting on the General License class book, and have received compensation for this work.
Thanks for the kind comments, Bob!
Ham Radio School also provides Instructor Resources for clubs and instructors — ready made slide decks and media for an entire class offering, nearly identical to the materials used in the video lessons. If you want to quickly spin up a quality class offering for Tech or General, check out the Instructor Resources as used in the video lessons, and visit this page of our website to register with us as an instructor:
https://www.hamradioschool.com/instructors
Drop me a note if you have questions. Happy to help you get your license class up and running quickly and easily!
Stu WØSTU
I stumbled on to your post while looking for online courses for getting a Technician class license. Lately I have had several acquaintances ask me about getting a license.
I will be directing them your way.
— Mike