[FADCA] ARECC Class now forming!

[Keating Floyd]

Hillsborough County ARES/RACES is proud to offer the American Radio Relay
League's "Level I -- Introduction to Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
Course (EC-001)" in a traditional classroom setting.

Class will be held on Saturday November 15th and Saturday, November 22nd
from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM at the Hillsborough County Emergency Operations
Center (EOC) located at 2711 East Hanna Avenue Tampa, FL 33610.

Course topics included in the Level I course are Introduction to Emergency
Communications, Emergency Communication Organizations and Systems, Message
Handling, Emergency Activation, Alternative Communication Methods, and
Marine Communications among others.

The instructors for this class have been drawn from RACES members of the
Tampa Amateur Radio Club who have been deployed in actual emergencies to
provide backup and auxiliary support for Emergency Management.

The registration fee for this Level I Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
Course (ARECC) is $45 per student for ARRL members and $75 per student for
non-ARRL members, cash (preferred) or check (due at the start of class).
These fees will be refunded (at the ARRL member rate) for students who
successfully pass their ARECC Level I examination, to be given at the end of
the second day of class.

The textbook to be used for this course is the ARRL Amateur Radio Emergency
Communications Course Level I, 3rd edition. ISBN: 0-87259-846-2 and is
included in the course registration fees listed above.

Textbooks will be distributed to students at class time.

An examination will be given at the end of class. All students passing this
examination will receive ARECC certification and an ID card.

The only prerequisite for this Level I course is holding an amateur radio
license.

Additional information about this course is available on-line at
http://www.arrl.org/cce/.

The "Level II -- Intermediate Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course
(EC-002)", and "Level III -- Advanced Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
Course (EC-003)" will be offered by Hillsborough County ARES/RACES at a
later date.

The class size is limited – and you can sign up online! Please go to
http://arecc_1.eventsbot.com/ or e-mail races at hillsboroughcounty.org to
reserve your seat in this class by the registration deadline of Monday,
November 10th.

Fred Nassar - RACES Officer / ARES Emergency Coordinator Hillsborough County
Florida
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/fadca/attachments/20081103/49321fa4/attachment.htm