Technician Class Ham Radio Exam Prep

Welcome to the Wave Talkers Amateur Radio Exam Prep for the Technician Class License. In order to receive to your Technician Class ham radio license you need to pass the FCC Element 2 exam. This site has been built to help you prepare for that exam.

To prepare for your ham radio exam, work through each Subsection below and each Topic contained within those subsections. Test your comprehension of each question by selecting the correct answer and get instant feedback.

Quick Review

Each topic contains a Quick Review page to help you focus on just the correct answers during your study sessions. All Technician Quick Review pages contain audio recordings of each question and the correct answer. Here is a sample Quick Review with Audio.

Practice Tests

Check your readiness for you exam session by taking as many Practice Tests as you need. Each test is dynamically generated using the complete official test question pool. Every time you select a practice test, a new, unique test will be presented for you to take.

There will be 1 question from each topic on your exam.

T1: FCC Rules

FCC Rules, descriptions, and definitions for the Amateur Radio Service, operator and station license responsibilities

6 Topics
67 Questions in this pool

6 Questions will be on your exam

Section T1

T2: Operating Procedures

Station operation procedures

3 Topics
38 Questions in this pool

3 Questions will be on your exam

Section T2

T3: Radio Waves

Radio wave characteristics: properties of radio waves; propagation modes

3 Topics
35 Questions in this pool

3 Questions will be on your exam

Section T3

T4: Best Practices

Amateur radio practices and station set-up

2 Topics
24 Questions in this pool

2 Questions will be on your exam

Section T4

T5: Electrical Principles

Math for electronics; electronic principles; Ohm's Law

4 Topics
57 Questions in this pool

4 Questions will be on your exam

Section T5

T6: Electrical Components

Electrical components; circuit diagrams; component functions

4 Topics
47 Questions in this pool

4 Questions will be on your exam

Section T6

T7: Station Equipment

Common transmitter and receiver problems; antenna measurements; troubleshooting; basic repair and testing

4 Topics
47 Questions in this pool

4 Questions will be on your exam

Section T7

T8: Modulation Modes

Amateur satellite operation; operating activities; non-voice and digital communications

4 Topics
48 Questions in this pool

4 Questions will be on your exam

Section T8

T9: Antennas

Antennas and feed lines

2 Topics
23 Questions in this pool

2 Questions will be on your exam

Section T9

T0: Safety

Electrical safety: AC and DC power circuits; antenna installation; RF hazards

3 Topics
37 Questions in this pool

3 Questions will be on your exam

Section T0