{"id":743,"date":"2014-03-10T08:20:35","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T15:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.k0jsc.com\/?page_id=743"},"modified":"2014-03-10T08:20:35","modified_gmt":"2014-03-10T15:20:35","slug":"how-to-become-a-ham","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.we0fun.com\/?page_id=743","title":{"rendered":"How To Become a Ham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a few things you&#8217;ll need to know if you&#8217;re interested in amateur radio.  You&#8217;ll find a few helpful links here to help explain the hobby but the process for getting your license is simple.<\/p>\n<p>1)  Study the material either with a study guide, book or by taking the practice tests online.<\/p>\n<p>2)  When you&#8217;re comfortable with your scores on the practice test you&#8217;ll need to find an exam session.<\/p>\n<p>3)  Find an exam session.  Many of your local clubs will give exam sessions weekly or monthly.  It should cost you about $15.  <\/p>\n<p>4)  Once you pass the exam (the hard part) you have to wait for the FCC to issue you a call sign, then you can get on the air!  <\/p>\n<p>5)  Find a local repeater that&#8217;s friendly to new comers such as the fun machine!<\/p>\n<p>6)  Have fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a few things you&#8217;ll need to know if you&#8217;re interested in amateur radio. You&#8217;ll find a few helpful links here to help explain the hobby but the process for getting your license is simple. 1) Study the material either with a study guide, book or by taking the practice tests online. 2) When &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.we0fun.com\/?page_id=743\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How To Become a Ham<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-743","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.we0fun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.we0fun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.we0fun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.we0fun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.we0fun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.we0fun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":744,"href":"https:\/\/www.we0fun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/743\/revisions\/744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.we0fun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}