[GVARC] FW: [TRAC] Amateur Radio Licensing Class, February 19 and 26, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

[Fahrlander, Frank]

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Of Horrocks, Chris (NonStop Education)
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 1:03 PM
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Subject: [TRAC] Amateur Radio Licensing Class, February 19 and 26,8:30
a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Codeless Technician
Amateur Radio Licensing Class


A 2-Saturday Codeless Technician Amateur Radio Course is being offered
in the San Jose Police MERGE Classroom on

19 and 26 February 2005
From
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

The exam will be proctored by ARRL on 26 February at 5:00 pm.  The class
is open to anyone at $35.00 per person (which includes all course
materials and text), and the exam fee is $14.00 per person.

San Jose Police Merge Classroom
201 West Mission
San Jose, CA

(Additional information on backside)

Technician Amateur Radio Class Course Content

	The Amateur Radio class will review the question pool to be used
in selecting questions for the proctored exam that will be administered
at the end of the second day of class.  The exam will consist of 35
questions as follows:
     Number of
Subelement		Topic			     Questions

T1		FCC Rules			       	5
T2		Methods of Communication	       	2
T3		Radio Phenomena		       	2
T4		Station Licensee Duties	       	3
T5		Control Operator Duties	       	3
T6		Good Operating Practices	       	3
T7		Basic Communications Electronics	3
T8		Good Engineering Practice		6
T9		Special Operations			2
T0		Electrical, Antenna Structure,
			And RF Safety Practices	6

	The class will review each question and receive instruction as
needed on related topics to clarify the answer to the question.  Sample
practice exams will be taken.  Class handouts, included in the cost,
will be the textbook, Now You're Talking, (ARRL, 5th Edition, list
price: $19.95), at least 6 sample exams and answer sheets, a course
syllabus which reviews each pool question, answer sheets for
self-practice of total question pool, and extra material if needed.

	The exam will be proctored by Volunteer Examiners (VEs) from the
American Radio Relay League (ARRL) at the end of the second class day.
The exam fee is $12.00 per examinee.  Passing is no more than 9 wrong
answers.  Anyone failing to pass the exam with an error score of 10-11
may pay the fee again to retake the (alternate) exam if desired.

Instructor:	Chris Swartout, N6WCP
(408) 272-6835  Option 4
cas30 at pacbell.net 

Biographical Sketch

Chris Swartout has been teaching amateur radio classes for over 10
years, and has helped over 200 people obtain their licenses.  His down
to earth approach to teaching the question pool, from which proctored
exams are composed, has enabled administrators, students, domestic
engineers (some call them housewives), financiers, teachers, and others
to understand the material well enough to pass those exams.  His success
rate is better than 98%.  .  Shortly after moving to San Jose, he
obtained his Technician Amateur Radio License, and started volunteering
in his church's emergency communications system.  During the Loma Prieta
earthquake of 1989, he spent the first five hours as a radio operator
and as net control of an emergency net.  Seeing the need for radio
communications in emergencies, He joined San Jose RACES in 1989, and
upgraded to a General Class license in 2001.  He has been teaching
amateur radio classes whenever he encounters a group that wants to
learn. 

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