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Can anyone help me get started with HAM radio?

No idea where to start and need guidance throughout the entire education and licensing process here in the USA.

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It honestly isn't hard. Can get expensive....

An online course, some YouTube tutorials on getting your technician class ham license, and some study hours. I aced my tech test, and didn't study that much. There is literally a question bank with all possible questions and answers. Can memorize them all of you are able

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TheLegendaryMan 10mo ago

Any links to these resources would be greatly appreciated and help me speed up the learning process.

I will have to check out some of their posts too. Thanks for the suggestions!

The expensive part does scare me since I am unemployed, but I would not mind parting with some old tech just to get some HAM radios that could cover a decent distance like 25 miles.

Liberty Farmer 10mo ago

25 is a stretch on anything but HF bands.

With a technician class, in the US, you are mostly limited to vhf and unfortunately bands. Those primarily work on line of sight. 5-10 miles, no problem on a 5 watt handheld radio. A larger base or mobile station of say 50 watts would be needed for more. 20 miles is very realistic on higher altitude and/or line of sight. 25 and up is possible but much more challenging and working with antennas, placements, etc ..