Canadian Amateur Radio Basic License Study Guide
Mapleham is an interactive self-study companion for the Canadian Amateur Radio Basic Certification, with chapters matching the official 2025-revised exam structure alongside RAC's Hamstudy Basic 2026. Using this site is free, no login required, suitable for self-study, study groups, or instructor-led classes, presenting key concepts as expandable slides with explanatory detail, diagrams, and mapped practice questions drawn from the official question bank.
Features
- Interactive slides — click bullets to expand explanations; click again to collapse
- Exam questions — test yourself on each slide with correspondig exam questions
- Voice mode — enables audio narration on slides that reads expanded content aloud
- Present mode — enables full-screen slides with larger text, ideal for instructor-led sessions
- Practice exam — Test your chapter knowledge with a practice exam
- Image zoom — click any diagram or photo to view a larger version
- Keyboard accessible — most interactive elements are navigable via keyboard arrow keys
- Search — Search and filter for chapters, slides, bullets and exam questions
- Feedback — Found an error? Missing something? Hit Feedback at the bottom.
Disclaimer
This is a non-commercial hobby project created by VY2EK for public education. While reasonable care has been taken to ensure accuracy, this site may contain errors. It is not an official publication of ISED Canada or any other regulatory body. Always verify critical information against official ISED study materials and the current RBR-4 — Standards for the Operation of Radio Stations in the Amateur Radio Service.
Images
Most images are homebrew. They aren't perfect, but hopefully get the point across. We neither have unlimited time, nor a budget to deal with legal issues. 😊
About
VY2EK holds Basic, Advanced and Morse certification, is ISED Canada accredited amateur radio examiner and PEI POTA mapping representative. He is driven by family, amateur radio, astronomy, and building cool stuff. A special thanks goes to the Summerside ARC and the Charlottetown ARC for providing support and motivation in making this. If you don't find this site entirely useless, consider this:
