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

[Tony]

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>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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Tony Armendariz
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