If you've made the decision to open up your ham radio world by going for the General Class License, great! General is certainly more challenging than Technician, but The Fast Track to Your General Class Ham Radio License explains the reasoning and technology behind each correct answer on the General Class exam so you'll understand and remember the subject matter.Created by an experienced ham and adult educator, it's like having your own, patient, experienced, good-humored mentor fo...

Memorizing answers is hard -- and boring. Learning is easy!If you've made the decision to open up your ham radio world by going for the Extra Class License, great! The latest edition of the Extra class exam is certainly challenging. The question bank includes over 600 questions, some 25% of which are new or revised since the last edition.The Fast Track to Your Extra Class Ham Radio License explains the reasoning and technology behind each correct answer on the exam so you'l...

If you've been thinking about getting into amateur radio, here's the information you've probably been looking for.In this lively guide, award-winning ham radio author Michael Burnette, amateur radio call sign AF7KB, covers:What is amateur radio?Why do amateur radio operators participate in the hobby?How much does it cost?What do hams do?Mobile amateur radio communicationsGlobal amateur radio communicationsRadio contests

The Fast Track to (Finally!) Getting on the Air With Ham Radio fills in the gaps so you can go from "licensed" to "operating."In this lively guide, award-winning ham radio authors Michael and Kerry Burnette, amateur radio call signs AF7KB and KC7YL, cover what you need to know to set up your station, get over your "mic fright," and start enjoying the fun of ham radio. You'll learn what to plug into what, and exactly "what you're supposed to do" on VHF, UHF, and HF frequencies....

Award-winning ham radio author Michael Burnette, AF7KB, takes you on a journey through every form of radio wave propagation, from ground waves to propagation in outer space.If you've thought "propagation is a lot like the weather -- you can talk about it, but there's nothing you can do about it" -- think again!For each form of propagation, you'll learn the best ham radio practices to increase your chances of "making the hop", whether that's across town or across the globe.

In Season 8 of Coming To The Stage, Comedy Dynamics’ first original series, host Jamie Kennedy introduces a new group of up-and-coming comedians who people WILL be talking about tomorrow. This season features Vanessa Johnston, Yusuf Ali, Josh Comers, Michael Truesdale, JC Coccoli, Vince Caldera, Edgar Rivera, Michelle Stevenson, Sarah Afkami, Andrew Orolfo, Leah Rudick, and Michael Burnett. Plus, Comedy Dynamics' very own, Mr. Microphone is back in action!

Electrons dance to the music of mathematics.True understanding (and enjoyment) of the electronic arts dependson possessing at least a familiarity with the math behind theelectricity. Everything else is just an imprecise metaphor.However, the language of mathematics can be challenging.This book presents all the essential equations of amateur radio inplain language with clarity and even good humor.Practical applications are also illustrate...

NOTE: This is the correct course for all tests given July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2030.Memorizing answers is hard. Learning is easy! The Fast Track to Your Technician Ham Radio License explains the reasoning and technology behind each correct answer on the Amateur Radio exam, so you'll understand and remember the subject matter.It's a complete learning system; books, audio, and custom-made practice exams that integrate with the chapters in the boo...

This book is about racism and colorism in the African American community. It will inform you on how colorism was founded by racism throughout the 17th century with Europeans. It also will show you how we as Black people hold on to traits that were given to us during slavery. This book will get into how so many things we perceive to be good, and even holy started from racism, things such as religion, and the hate and separation we have as descendants of enslaved Africans toward each other. ...

Many students world over who decide to pursue a doctorate have a very specific career path in mind when they enter a doctoral program. Some of these know they want to work in the world of academia. After the author’s more than forty years in academia, this trend is changing with time in that many doctoral students now end up working in business and industry, for profit, non-profit agencies and government agencies. For prospective or current doctoral students reading this book, please remem...

From a childhood shaped by poverty and instability to redefining television comedy through discipline and collaboration, Carol Burnett’s journey is marked by attention, generosity, and craft. This graphic biography follows her path through Broadway, television, personal loss, and reinvention, showing how laughter became both a profession and a means of survival. Rather than chasing the spotlight or legacy, Burnett built spaces where people felt safe enough to fail, to listen, and to be hon...

Quiet Defiance: The Rhetoric of Silent Protest focuses on the rhetorical dimensions and power of silent protest. Bridging the gap between the study of protest and the study of rhetorical silence (strategic silence meant to communicate to and influence an audience), this book is the first of its kind to concentrate solely on the phenomenon and tradition of silent protest. The contributors to this volume hail from different cultures, disciplines, and fields. They examine past and pr...