The ARRL Extra Class License Manual Book with CD-ROM Author: arrl | Language: English | ISBN:
087259517X | Format: PDF
The ARRL Extra Class License Manual Book with CD-ROM Description
Achieve the highest level of Amateur Radio licensing! Revised 9th edition includes NEW practice exam software on CD-ROM.
--This text refers to an alternate
Paperback
edition.
- Series: Arrl Extra Class License Manual for the Radio Amateur
- Paperback
- Publisher: Amer Radio Relay League; 10th edition (June 25, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 087259517X
- ISBN-13: 978-0872595170
- Product Dimensions: 1 x 8 x 10.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
First, a quick check - as you probably know, the question pool for the Extra exam changed on 1 July 2012. Make sure that you get the matching edition of this book and CD - if you order from this page you will be getting the correct edition - the tenth edition. The ninth or earlier editions are useless now.
This new tenth edition corrects the shortcomings and problems in the ninth edition which I'd earlier commented negatively about, and uses the same layout and logic as is present in the current version of the General exam study manual too.
I've found the best way to study is to use the CD/computer questions/review together with the printed manual. I work through the CD's questions, and if I both get a question wrong and don't understand the short explanation that is then provided, I turn to the relevant page in the book to read the more detailed explanation. If necessary, I'll expand to read the entire chapter in the book.
This gives a fairly directed approach to learning just enough to pass the test. Sure, we could all try to learn every one of the hundreds of pages of material in the manual, and maybe in a perfect world that would be ideal. But for those of us keen to simply extend our license that magic extra step, and if we're not going to need to go into the fairly advanced math to design and build our own R-C and other types of circuits, it is sufficient to simply adopt this directed approach to working through the 'need to know' material, and will save you hundreds of hours.
That is the great thing about this manual.
This is a very thorough guide that is well worth getting. It not only has all the Rules + Regs you need to know, along with all technical theory, it also has the complete (700+) question pool and answers in the back separated by groups. I used this book as my primary study guide.
I did not use the CD at all. I did use QRZ.com to take practice tests and I also bought the Amateur Radio Exam Prep Extra Class iPhone app and I found the iPhone app invaluable. Anytime I had a few minutes - whether at home, on the road, waiting for someone, etc., I would take out my iPhone and start taking a practice test.
Here's how I studied and passed with 100%: I started the third week of January, 2013 after not being active on the air for 4 or 5 years. I held a General license. I first started looking online for resources and settled on QRZ and the iPhone app. When I first started taking the sample tests I was getting 40% - 50% on them. I quickly realized I needed to study so I bought this guide. I went through each section and took practice tests from each chapter in the book. When I didn't get something right, I'd go back and re-read it and try it again. I received this book on Jan 29th and took the test on Feb 9th. The book was a lifesaver.
In just over two weeks of studying quite a bit I got down to the last 3 days prior to the test date. In two of those days I went through the ENTIRE question pool twice and familiarized myself with the questions and the answers. This may seem extreme but I was finding certain things were confusing me when studying the theory. Over the last 2 days my sample testing grades went from about 80% - 85% to 95% - 98%. I never once got 100% on any practice test from any testing source (QRZ or iPhone app)!
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