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This study guide prepares you for the FCC Amateur Radio Technician Class license examination. The Technician Class examination is the entry-level examination for an operating license. The guide goes through each of the questions in the license question pool with each chapter covering one of the ten license question areas. For each question, the guide provides the question and the correct answer along with an explanation for the correct answer. Additionally, the guide explains why many of the distraction answers are incorrect. The questions are valid through June 30, 2018. Each chapter starts with relevant background information, tables, and figures to help with understanding the topics in the chapter. Through the questions and answers, you will learn about the regulations governing radio communications, good amateur practice in the operating modes, and some basic math and electronics for radio.

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"Stephen Horan grew up in the Philadelphia area and attended Franklin & Marshall College (BA in physics/astronomy) in Lancaster. He attended graduate school at New Mexico State University (MS in astronomy, MS in electrical engineering, PhD in electrical engineering) in Las Cruces. After graduation, he supported NASA's space communications efforts before returning to academia on the electrical engineering faculty of NMSU. At NMSU, he worked on research dealing with space networking, radio propagation, small satellite development, and STEM educational development. He retired as professor and department head to join NASA at Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA. Currently, he works on technology development for NASA. During his career, he has received awards for teaching and research activities at NMSU, team awards for NASA projects, and the International Telemetering Foundation's ""Pioneer Award."" Steve holds the Extra Class amateur radio license NM4SH. He also enjoys digital photography, amateur astronomy, and playing guitar for his church choir."

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