VENTURING CREW 80

AMATEUR RADIO LICENSING COURSE

WANT TO BECOME AN AMATEUR (HAM) RADIO OPERATOR?

·      Qualify for the entry level FCC Amateur Radio Technician Class License

·      No Morse Code Proficiency Required

·      Just four Saturday weekend classes including the Exam

·      Open to the Public

Sponsors:  VENTURING CREW 80 and the MOUNT VERNON AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

When:   Four Successive Saturdays in January and February 2013:

January 12    3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Orientation and Study Materials Distribution)

January 19    9:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Instruction)

January 26    9:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Instruction)

February 2     9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (Instruction, Review and Exam)                

February 9   9:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Make-up Exam)

Where:      First Christian Church, 2723 King Street, Alexandria, VA

                  (Near the intersection with Janney’s Lane)

Cost: $35 (Cost of Supplied Materials Only - 1 textbook plus CD-ROM - Yours to keep). 

Age: No Limit (parental accompaniment recommended under age 14)

Instruction Method: Textbook-reading assignments combined with personal and video instruction and computer-based practice exam question review.  You keep the textbook and CD-ROM.  They are great references!

Course Description: Everything you need to know to get an Amateur Radio Operators Technician Class license without having to learn the Morse Code: Fundamentals of electricity, electronic circuit theory, electronic components, radio theory and electromagnetic wave propagation, antennas, feed lines, amateur radio operating procedures, practices, equipment, FCC rules and regulations

How to Sign Up:

By email to either demetrios.pulas@ferc.gov or wa4usb@arrl.net; or by phone at 703-820-2534 (H) between 7-9 PM; or 202 502-8676 during normal business hours.  Provide Name, Address, Phone Number and Email address.  The registration fee (cash or check) will be collected at the first session on January 14.  Those scouts and Venturers passing the FCC Technician licensing exam will meet the requirements for the BSA radio merit badge and can have their blue card signed by the course instructor.

Questions?:  call or e-mail any of the following:

Demi Pulas       K4BSA       703-820-2534 demetrios.pulas @ ferc.gov

                            Bill Stewart       W2BSA      703-642-8942 w2bsa @ verizon.net

Dick Harman    WA4USB    wa4usb @ arrl.net

COME EXPERIENCE THE FUN OF AMATEUR RADIO WITH US!

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