Silvance Prep

Ham Tech Prep

Study app for the FCC Amateur Radio Technician license exam, with lessons, practice exams, and all 409 questions in the 2026–2030 pool.

Not yet available. No release date has been announced.

Product data

Status
In development
Platform
Android
Family
Silvance Prep
License
FCC Amateur Radio Technician class
Exam
Element 2, 35 questions, 26 correct to pass
Question pool
NCVEC 2026–2030 Technician pool (409 questions), effective July 1, 2026

About

The Technician license is the entry-level US amateur radio license. It grants operating privileges on all amateur bands above 30 MHz and limited privileges on several HF bands. The exam is administered by volunteer examiners and draws its 35 questions from a public question pool maintained by the National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (NCVEC).

Ham Tech Prep teaches the material behind that pool — regulations, operating practice, electrical principles, propagation, and safety — rather than only drilling the answers. Questions can be studied recall-first: the question appears alone until you ask for the choices, so the answer is remembered rather than recognized.

Screenshots

From a development build. Progress shown is test data.

  • Home screen showing an estimated exam score, the study plan to the exam date, the next lesson, and progress by section.
  • A study question about repeater offset, answered, with the explanation below and buttons for I guessed and I knew it.
  • Mistakes review showing the correct answer and the learner's wrong answer marked, with the explanation.
  • Lesson on receivers, oscillators and station equipment, with a highlighted point to remember.
  • Band plan with a frequency check for 146.52 MHz and Technician privileges charted by band.
  • Ohm's law drill asking for a resistance, answered, with the worked solution.
  • Schematic symbol reference listing resistors, capacitors, inductors, a transformer, and diodes.
  • Home screen lower sections listing drills, tools, and recent practice exam results.

Planned features

Intended scope. Subject to change before release.

A lesson for every question group
35 short lessons on the material behind the pool, each followed by practice on that group's questions.
Explanations for every question
Why the correct answer is correct, and why each other option is not.
Practice exams drawn like the real one
One question from each of the 35 groups, 26 to pass, scored by section with a review of every miss.
Study plan and progress
Set an exam date and the app spreads new questions over the days left. Spaced review brings missed questions back.
Math drills
Unit prefixes, Ohm's law, power, wavelength, and decibels, with fresh numbers every round and worked solutions.
Band plan and schematic symbols
Every Technician band charted with its privileges, a frequency check, and a trainer for the pool's schematic symbols.
Works offline
All study material is on the device.

Planned pricing

Free to download. The first sections and one practice exam are free; a one-time purchase unlocks the rest.

  • Planned price $4.99.
  • No subscription.