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Tools & calculators for your shack

Free lessons, flashcards, and full-length practice exams for the Technician, General, and Extra class FCC amateur radio license exams — plus antenna, grid square, and line-of-sight calculators.

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Technician

409 questions

General

423 questions

Extra

598 questions

How it works

Lessons

Read a short lesson for each subelement, grounded in the actual question pool, before you start quizzing yourself.

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Flash Cards

Study questions one at a time, pick an answer, and track your progress and most-missed questions per set.

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Practice Exams

Take a randomized practice exam at the real exam length, then review your score and every missed question.

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Ham radio tools

Callsign Lookup

Look up the current FCC license for a US amateur radio callsign — name, location, license class, and grid square.

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Grid Square Calculator

Convert a latitude/longitude into a Maidenhead grid square, or use your current location — handy for contest exchanges.

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Line-of-Sight Calculator

Estimate your radio horizon and signal range from antenna height, frequency, power, and antenna type — plotted as a range ring or directional beam wedge on a map.

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Antenna Design

Dimension calculators for dipole/vertical, Yagi beam, J-pole, and Moxon antennas, built to your target frequency.

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Takeoff Angle Calculator

Estimate the elevation takeoff angle and directionality of a vertical, dipole, or Yagi/beam antenna, plotted as pattern charts and on a map.

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Cable Loss Calculator

Compare feedline loss and power delivered across common coax types for your frequency, length, and power.

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Clock

Live local time and UTC (Zulu) side by side, handy for logging contacts and scheduling nets.

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Shack Builder

Build out a radio, cable, meter, and antenna as a signal chain to see expected performance and total cost.

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AREDN Network Planner

Place mesh nodes on a map, pick radios and antennas, and estimate which links are likely to work.

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HF Propagation Predictor

A band × time heat map showing when to operate and which band to use between your QTH and a target station.

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Can I Work It?

A quick chance-of-contact check between your QTH and a target station, factoring in your power, antenna, and height.

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Grid Lookup Tool

Click anywhere on a map to get its Maidenhead grid square, lat/lon, nearest city, and local time vs. UTC.

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Repeater Lookup

Find nearby repeaters using your location, a point on a map, or by state/city.

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Satellite Tracker

Predict the next pass of a ham satellite for your location, with a live ground track and footprint map.

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Satellite Pass Predictor

List the next several passes of a ham satellite for your location — rise, overhead, and set times with azimuth/elevation.

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Frequently asked questions

Is HamIQ free?

Yes — HamIQ is free to use, with no paid tiers or subscriptions. It's supported by ads and affiliate links.

What amateur radio license classes can I study for on HamIQ?

Technician, General, and Extra — the three FCC amateur radio license classes — each with its own lessons, flashcards, and practice exams.

Do I need to create an account?

Yes, a free account lets HamIQ save your quiz progress and most-missed questions across study sessions.

How is HamIQ different from just reading the question pool?

HamIQ pairs short lessons for each subelement with flashcard drills and full-length, randomized practice exams, and tracks which questions you tend to miss so you can focus your remaining study time.

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These lessons and questions are a study aid — not a substitute for the official ARRL license manual or the current FCC Part 97 rules.
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