No-Nonsense Study Guides

Printed versions of the No-Nonsense Study Guides now available!

Printed, bound editions of the Tech study guide and General Class study guide are now available for $11.99, including shipping. If you would like to order a printed copy, you can pay by PayPal  by clicking on one of the links below. Or, if you prefer, you can snail mail me a check for $11.99. I’m good on QRZ.Com.
I just got received a nice donation from Sam, W5KF. He writes, “Thanks for making the study guides available. Our club is making plans for some focused one-day classes.”

The No-Nonsense Technician-Class License Study Guide

The No-Nonsense General-Class License Study Guide

In 2005, I was cooling my heels at the public-information table at our club’s Field Day site, when up walked Bruce, W8BBS. In his hand, he had a copy of his Tech license exam study guide. What he had done was take each question in the question pool, reworded them as statements, and then reorganized them into paragraphs, adding text where appropriate to tie it all together and help it read more like a book.

We talked about how several folks had successfully used the study guide to get their licenses and how much they seemed to like his approach. Then, we talked about how he might get the word out so that more people could use his study guide. After quickly paging through the study guide, I volunteered to post it on our club’s website.

In 2006, Bruce was unable to update his study guide, so he gave me permission to to do it. That version was the first issue of the No-Nonsense, Technician-Class Study Guide. In 2007, I produced the first No-Nonsense General Class Study Guide.

Last December, I produced an ePub version of the Tech study guide. It’s now available for both the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes&Noble Nook. I planned to also produce  iPhone and iPad versions, but I can’t seem to get Apple to straighten out my iTunes developer account. :( You can certainly purchase the Kindle version, though, and read it on the iPhone or iPad with the Kindle app.

Now, I’m releasing the 2011 version of the No-Nonsense, General-Class Study Guide. Use this version if you’ll be taking the test AFTER July 1, 2011. I’ll eventually be producing ePub versions of this study guide, too.

Thanks to everyone who’s supported me in this. And, for everyone who’s asked me if I’m going to do an Extra Class study guide, let me just say look for it next year when they upgrade the question pool.