[FLham] Hillsborough Tech Class

[Chris Schwab]

All:

Just a cheap plug for the Clearwater Amateur Radio Society VE team... CARS
has a Laurel VEC accredited team, and offers FREE amateur testing. So far in
our first year of FREE testing we have served 87 applicants and saved each
one of them the $14.00 they would have paid elsewhere. The total savings to
date is $1218.00. Perhaps our December test session will bring us 13 more
applicants for an even 100 applicants, or $1400 that could have been spent
elsewhere.

The December test date is Monday December 12, 2005. The test site is The
Salvation Army Facility 1625 North Belcher Rd. Clearwater.  Testing begins
promptly at 7:15pm..

Test sessions are open to all. You do not have to be a CARS member to enjoy
these savings. In 2005 The CARS VE Team has traveled south across the Skyway
to provide free tests and we have had some applicants drive over 60 miles to
attend our monthly FREE test session
 
In 2006 The Cars Test Sessions will once again be held on the second Monday
of each month, same time same location.  Once again they will be FREE.
 
When restructuring become effective your CARS VE Team will do a FREE
Midnight Madness Session to process license upgrades FREE of charge. 
 
For more information visit our web site. http://www.carshamradio.org

73!
Chris N4BSA

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Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 11:05 AM
To: flham at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [FLham] Hillsborough Tech Class

AMATEUR RADIO TECHNICIAN CLASS LICENSE COURSE

Hillsborough County ARES/RACES will be offering an amateur radio 
technician class license course in a traditional classroom setting to 
members of the Hillsborough County Community Emergency Response Teams 
(CERT). This class is also open to members of the general public who 
are interested in becoming an amateur radio operator.

Classes will be held on two consecutive Saturdays from 8:00 AM until 
5:00 PM at the Hillsborough County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) 
located at 2711 East Hanna Avenue Tampa, FL 33610.  The dates for 
this course are Saturday January 21, 2006 and again on Saturday 
January 28, 2006

There is no charge for taking the course itself, however the textbook 
being used for the course costs $19.95 and is entitled  "Now You're 
Talking!" 5th edition (ISBN: 0-87259-881-0) published by the American 
Radio Relay League.

You can contact the ARRL toll-free at (888) 277-5289 to order your 
copy of the textbook. You may have them charge your credit card or 
you can send them a check or money order for the textbook.

Amateur radio practice tests for this license course are available 
on-line at http://www.qrz.com/p/testing.pl Choose the Technician 
Class exam pool.

There will be an amateur radio testing session at the EOC at the 
conclusion of the course to administer the FCC technician class 
amateur radio exam. The cost of taking the FCC exam is $14.00. The 
course instructors and the test examiners are separate groups of 
people in order to ensure the integrity of the exam process.

The total cost to become a licensed amateur radio operator by 
attending this classroom course is $34.00.

Please e-mail races at hillsboroughcounty.org or call the Hillsborough 
County ARES/RACES office located at the EOC at (813) 224-8544 to 
reserve your seat in the class.

Check this e-mail distribution list, attend your local amateur radio 
club, or check into local amateur radio nets for future Hillsborough 
County ARES/RACES training activities, exercises, and public service events.

Gary Sessums
RACES Officer / ARES Emergency Coordinator
Hillsborough County Florida


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