NOTE: This is the correct course for all tests after July 1, 2022 and continuing through June 30, 2026.
Memorizing answers is hard. Learning is easy! The Fast Track to Your Technician Ham Radio License explains the reasoning and technology behind each correct answer on the Amateur Radio exam so you'll understand and remember the subject matter.
It's a complete learning system; books, audio, and the fast track web site with custom-made practice exams that integrate with the chapters in the book and audiobook. There are also teaching videos on the site.
The fast track web site has free practice exams that track right along with the book and audiobook -- study a chapter, then take a practice exam on that chapter. It is a study method based on the latest research into the neuroscience of learning and it is exclusive to the Fast Track courses.
Created by an experienced ham and adult educator, it's like having your own, patient, experienced, good-humored mentor for the exam.
Technician is the entry-level ham radio license that lets you operate on all ham channels from 30 MHz up, which includes the very popular VHF and UHF bands. To get your license you must pass a multiple-choice test.
The Technician license test consists of 35 questions drawn from a pool of 400. Memorizing the answers to 400 questions is difficult, but The Fast Track makes getting your license easy by explaining the logic behind each correct answer, and by arranging the questions so they form a logical progression toward mastery of the material.
It's simple: When you understand the subjects, you remember the answers and pass the test. Best of all, once you've passed your exam you'll have a solid grounding in ham radio basics.
Every possible question and every answer
Correct answers clearly marked in bold
Precise instructions for how to locate a testing session, how to prepare, and even what to bring -- and what not to bring -- to the test.
All technical topics explained in clear, plain language, with over 200 illustrations
Step-by-step instructions to solve all the math problems
Test taking strategies
Hints to solve many questions and avoid the traps in the test
Written in "learning order", not just the order of the official question bank.
Full index of topics and questions(print edition)
Nearly 300 pages packed with information
Incorporates the exclusive Fast Track study plan. We don't just present the material, we teach you the most effective way to learn it and we provide the tools to implement it.
Covers questions that will be used until July 1, 2026.
Michael Burnette, AF7KB, holds an Amateur Extra class license. He has decades of experience in commercial and amateur radio, and more decades of experience as a professional adult educator. He is a frequent presenter at major hamfests.
Rave reviews for The Fast Track Ham License series:
"This is a great book. So many of the study guides are just question dumps and it's a horrible way to learn, at least for me. I need an explanation and something to keep my interest and Mr. Burnette's book fit the bill perfectly."
"Michael Burnette's ham radio exam prep book is the most useful and comprehensive book that I have found on this subject and makes getting ready for this exam not only easy, but fun. I have learned so much since studying this guide and felt ready to take this exam at a moment's notice."
"Thank you! Thank you a thousand times over. I bought your book in order to study for my tech license, and the audiobook and I loved them!"
"I have now purchased 8 books on this specific subject. Not to include wasted many months of 'trying to understand'. After all of that, this ended up being the only book I really needed for Technician!!!!"
