Amateur Radio Books

Get your license today! This book is your vital first step. Thousands of hams have used this book to earn their license.

Easy-to-understand “bite-sized” sections. Use this book, and pass the 35-question license test. Includes the latest question pool with answer key, for use July 1, 2018 June 30, 2022. Designed for self-study and for classroom use. Intended for all newcomers, instructors and schoolteachers. Discover the excitement of ham radio. The Amateur Radio Service offers a unique mix of public service, technology and experimenting with electronics–all with an emphasis on fun. Some hams use their skills to provide communications during emergencies and disasters when all else fails. Others enjoy talking to people across the country and around the globe, participating in local contests and building experiments.

The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual will guide you as you get started in the hobby–as you select your equipment, set-up your first station and make your first contact. Use this book to study for your license exam. Every page presents information you will need to pass the exam and become an effective operator. You'll cover small sections at a time:

*Welcome to Amateur Radio Radio and Electronics Fundamentals
*Operating Station Equipment
*Communicating with Other Hams Licensing Regulations
*Operating Regulations Radio Safety

At the end of the book, you'll find the entire Technician Question Pool. Take randomly-generated practice exams using questions from the actual examination question pool. You won’t have any surprises on exam day! With this guide as a reference-you'll be on the air in no time! You'll turn to it again and again as you begin your journey into the exciting world of Amateur Radio. ARRL's Tech Q&A. Includes the entire question pool

Get your license today! This book is your vital first step. Thousands of hams have used this book to earn their license.

Easy-to-understand “bite-sized” sections. Use this book, and pass the 35-question license test. Includes the latest question pool with answer key, for use through June 30, 2026. Designed for self-study and for classroom use. Intended for all newcomers, instructors and schoolteachers. Discover the excitement of ham radio. The Amateur Radio Service offers a unique mix of public service, technology and experimenting with electronics–all with an emphasis on fun. Some hams use their skills to provide communications during emergencies and disasters when all else fails. Others enjoy talking to people across the country and around the globe, participating in local contests and building experiments.

The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual will guide you as you get started in the hobby–as you select your equipment, set-up your first station and make your first contact. Use this book to study for your license exam. Every page presents information you will need to pass the exam and become an effective operator. You'll cover small sections at a time:

*Welcome to Amateur Radio Radio and Electronics Fundamentals
*Operating Station Equipment
*Communicating with Other Hams Licensing Regulations
*Operating Regulations Radio Safety

At the end of the book, you'll find the entire Technician Question Pool. Take randomly-generated practice exams using questions from the actual examination question pool. You won’t have any surprises on exam day! With this guide as a reference-you'll be on the air in no time! You'll turn to it again and again as you begin your journey into the exciting world of Amateur Radio. ARRL's Tech Q&A. Includes the entire question pool

FOR THE LATEST EDITION PLEASE SEE PRODUCT CODE: BOOK-16050

Please note: The repeater listings that appear in the ARRL Repeater Directory, TravelPlus for Repeaters and TravelPlus GPS are based on information provided annually by volunteer repeater coordinators throughout the United States and Canada. If information about a repeater is not submitted to the ARRL, it is not published.

If a repeater appears to have been omitted from an ARRL product, or if the information that does appear is incorrect, please contact the responsible repeater coordinator first. You’ll find a complete list of coordinators in the front portion of the ARRL Repeater Directory and online at www.nfcc.us.

FOR THE LATEST EDITION PLEASE SEE PRODUCT CODE: BOOK-16050

Please note: The repeater listings that appear in the ARRL Repeater Directory, TravelPlus for Repeaters and TravelPlus GPS are based on information provided annually by volunteer repeater coordinators throughout the United States and Canada. If information about a repeater is not submitted to the ARRL, it is not published.

If a repeater appears to have been omitted from an ARRL product, or if the information that does appear is incorrect, please contact the responsible repeater coordinator first. You’ll find a complete list of coordinators in the front portion of the ARRL Repeater Directory and online at www.nfcc.us.

FOR THE LATEST EDITION PLEASE SEE PRODUCT CODE: BOOK-16050

Please note: The repeater listings that appear in the ARRL Repeater Directory, TravelPlus for Repeaters and TravelPlus GPS are based on information provided annually by volunteer repeater coordinators throughout the United States and Canada. If information about a repeater is not submitted to the ARRL, it is not published.

If a repeater appears to have been omitted from an ARRL product, or if the information that does appear is incorrect, please contact the responsible repeater coordinator first. You’ll find a complete list of coordinators in the front portion of the ARRL Repeater Directory and online at www.nfcc.us.

Simply put, this is the book that VHF/UHF operators need to guide their activities and help them locate active repeaters for personal and emergency use. This is one of our best selling books!

The best directory of frequencies for the 24,000+ repeaters around the country! Includes D-Star and APCO-25, references for operating practices, emergency message handling, tips for handling interference, guidelines for severe weather reporting to SKYWARN/National Weather Service and more.

ALWAYS UPDATED with the latest listings each year!

Choose the Spiral Bound Desktop Edition, or the traditional Pocket-sized book...or BOTH! The best directory of frequencies for the thousands of repeaters around the country. An important tool every ham should have!

Please note: The repeater listings that appear in the ARRL Repeater Directory, TravelPlus for Repeaters and TravelPlus GPS are based on information provided annually by volunteer repeater coordinators throughout the United States and Canada. If information about a repeater is not submitted to the ARRL, it is not published.

If a repeater appears to have been omitted from an ARRL product, or if the information that does appear is incorrect, please contact the responsible repeater coordinator first. You’ll find a complete list of coordinators in the front portion of the ARRL Repeater Directory and online at www.nfcc.us.

Simply put, this is the book that VHF/UHF operators need to guide their activities and help them locate active repeaters for personal and emergency use. This is one of our best selling books!

The best directory of frequencies for the 24,000+ repeaters around the country! Includes D-Star and APCO-25, references for operating practices, emergency message handling, tips for handling interference, guidelines for severe weather reporting to SKYWARN/National Weather Service and more.

ALWAYS UPDATED with the latest listings each year!

Choose the Spiral Bound Desktop Edition, or the traditional Pocket-sized book...or BOTH! The best directory of frequencies for the thousands of repeaters around the country. An important tool every ham should have!

Please note: The repeater listings that appear in the ARRL Repeater Directory, TravelPlus for Repeaters and TravelPlus GPS are based on information provided annually by volunteer repeater coordinators throughout the United States and Canada. If information about a repeater is not submitted to the ARRL, it is not published.

If a repeater appears to have been omitted from an ARRL product, or if the information that does appear is incorrect, please contact the responsible repeater coordinator first. You’ll find a complete list of coordinators in the front portion of the ARRL Repeater Directory and online at www.nfcc.us.