Knowledge (Exam Preparation)

Successful preparation for the amateur radio licence exam requires a sound understanding of the exam syllabus.

Get ready for the amateur radio exam! Test your knowledge!

Question banks outline the scope of the subject matter and serve as a guide for learning and revision.

BAKOM question bank

BAKOM has not published any question banks since the start of 2024.

The Swiss Amateur Radio Training Association (IG AfuA) has an excellent website on exam questions: https://ig-afua.ch/dt/.

This website is well worth a visit for both trainees and trainers. You’ll find lots of interesting documents there.

50Ohm.ch

The DARC has set up a platform for Germany, 50Ohm.de, which provides the complete question bank from the Federal Network Agency (BNA) as well as training materials. The DARC has kindly made this platform available free of charge to amateur radio organisations in other countries.

In autumn 2025, the USKA accepted this offer and began adapting the DARC’s 50Ohm.de training platform for use in Switzerland, tailoring it to Swiss conditions. Following its adaptation into German, this also includes translation into French and Italian. An exact date for completion cannot be given at present.

It is worth visiting the 50Ohm.de website (https://50ohm.de/) to familiarise yourself with the nature of this platform. Please note: Germany has three licence classes: N, E and A. N and E together correspond roughly to HB3, whilst A corresponds roughly to HB9.

Further information is available from IG AfuA (ausbildung(at)ig-afua.ch) or ausbildung@uska.ch.