The site is back! The question pool database has been updated! The online practice exams have been polished up a bit! And the whole thing is working as it should, at least as far as I know. The testing budget has been cut back a lot lately, so if you find something wrong, please let me know. To those of you who have written me during the past few months and years, thank you for your feedback. I haven't returned everyone's e-mails personally, but I have read them all. Most of your concerns dealt with the question pools being out of date. That's fixed now. Some of you wrote to ask when the flash cards will be back. I don't know for sure, but probably never. I'll assume that the threats over the out-of-date question pools were jokes. (I'm keeping copies of the e-mails anyway just in case. Hi hi!) Best wishes this holiday season!

Welcome to my website! I have been a licensed radio amateur since 1984^*, shortly before my thirteenth birthday. My father (K8HLB, ex WB8LPN, KB8PZ) was very active in those days, and I used to sit in the shack with him and listen as he banged out CW at what seemed like an impossibly fast speed.

Thus, my fascination with radio was born. I got my Novice class license (on the second try) and was rewarded with my very own QSL cards. You couldn't tear me away from the shack after that! I quickly earned my General and Advanced class tickets in 1985 and 1986, respectively.

In 2000, I earned my Extra class license with 20WPM code. To prepare for the written test, I wrote a little web based application that generated written practice exams. These were designed to closely simulate the real thing. I've spent the several years refining and improving the online practice tests, and they are pretty much the only reason for this site.

I am a life member of the ARRL and a certified ARRL VEC Volunteer Examiner.

* Coming up on 25 years!