Copasetic Flow

You can now look up the available study material for the Copasetic Flows ham radio practice exams by subelement and group. The study material index can be found at: http://copaseticflows.appspot.com/helpindex Just click on the exam you're studying for using the tabs on the left-hand side of the screen. Then, you can select the subelement and group you're interested in using the buttons in the application window.

The General class practice exam gadget has been updated to the new general question pool that took effect today.

There's a new video help topic available for the free ham radio practice exams at: http://copaseticflows.appspot.com/hamtest . Feedback is welcome!

First, congrats to KK4CDL! He passed his extra class exam with an FB 98%! A new help topic has been added to the extra class exam about the RLC resonance frequenc y. If you have any feed back, it would be greatly appreciated either here, or at hcarter333@gmail.com

A new help topic on gray-line propagation has been added to the extra class practice exam . Any feedback would be very appreciated. The ham radio practice exams have been updated again. There was a bug that was causing some tests to hang up on their last question. It's fixed! The figure E5-2 was missing, and has been added to the tests. If you spot anything else, please contact me at hcarter333@gmail.com

The Element 3 practice exam is ready to go at http://copaseticflows.appspot.com/hamtest . The grid below shows which elements are required for the different FCC Comercial Operator Licenses.

I'm adding the FCC commercial license exams to the free exam site. So far Element 1 is up. This element is required for the GROL as well as other commercial licenses. To find it go to: http://copaseticflows.appspot.com/hamtest and click on the Comm E1 tab on the left of the exams. Please let me know about any feedback you might have at hcarter333@gmail.com

The Copasetic Flow Amateur Radio Technician Class Practice Exam is now available as an embeddable Google gadget! The gadget shown below can be placed on your igoogle homepage, or any other web page to provide your readers with a quick practice exam. The exam gadget also works great on your igoogle page on your iPhone! The general and extra class exams will be ported into gadgets soon. You can install this gadget on your own iGoogle home page, or on any web page by using the installer from Google .

Go take a practice test now using the links below! Technician General Extra Read the review of the Copasetic Flow Ham Radio Practice Tests at kb6nu.com The next time you practice a ham radio licensing exam here, you'll notice that the interface has changed a little bit to add a few new features. Focused Practice on Subelements Taking practice exams that simulate the randomly selected exams used for license tests is one of the best ways to study. But, sometimes, there's just one section of the test that is giving you the most trouble. Now, when you click the 'Practice Subelements' button, a control panel will appear that allows you to restrict your study to a single test subelement. When you click on the button for a subelement you will only be presented questions from that subelement. The button for the subelement you've selected will be highlighted with a different colored background. After you've studied the subelements you wanted to focus on, just click ...

Go take a practice test now using the links below! Technician General Extra Now, when you practice for your amateur radio, (ham), exams you can track your progress and find out which test subelements you need to spend the most time on. Just create a user name using the login box: The user name is used to track your test scores. After you have practiced a test, you should see results similar to those shown below. The first chart shows all of your test scores. The second chart shows how you're doing on each test subelement. Use the second chart and the table below to determine which subelements to spend your time studying. Coming soon: practice tests focused on specific subelements. 73 and have fun! KD0FNR

The amateur radio license exam practice applications on this site offer two features. First, they provide practice exams randomly constructed from the actual examination question pools. Second, as each exam question is displayed, study materials related to the question are displayed as well. The practice exams can be found at: Technician Class Exam General Class Exam Extra Class Exam Exam Practice Instructions The exam practice screen is shown above. A question is presented along with four multiple choice answers. A correct answer will be highlighted in green. If the wrong answer is selected, it will be highlighted in red. Additional answers can be selected to determine the correct answer, but only the first selected answer will count in the test score. If exam question requires a figure, it will be shown below the multiple choice answers. Study Material Instructions As each question is displayed, related study material may be displayed in the 'Available Study Material secti...

Writing about physics and specifically electromagnetism got me to thinking about amateur radio. In the United States, any person can receive an amateur radio license that allows them to transmit and receive on a number of frequencies allocated by the FCC. Amateur radio is a great hobby. People involved in the hobby, (called amateur radio operators), get a chance to turn their EM knowledge into concrete experience by building usable radio transceivers and antenna structures. To get a license, operators must first pass a written test on radio operations fundamentals, engineering, and FCC regulations that apply to amateur radio. The question pools used for the exam are available online as are practice tests. I thought it would be fun to build an application that would construct practice tests on this blog. The final application will provide practice tests similar to the ones at qrz.com but, with a bit more interactivity. This series of articles will cover the construction of t...