[K3CAL] Upcoming Technician Class... late March.. at old SMECO building..in Prince Frederick..

[steve hempling]

Hi!     Just an update after the discussions at last nights' CARA Meeting..

     We intend to begin a 10 week Technician's License Class held at the 
new Community center in Prince Frederick.

     Start date would be the 22nd or 29th of March, on Wednesday 
evenings, ending prior to Field Day, and a test session

     so newly Licensed Amateurs could enjoy Field Day with the rest of us.

     I am in the process of submitting the paperwork to reserve a room 
large enough to accommodate 20 or so of us.

     I looked over the Gordon West manual for the Technician License, 
but have decided to go with the ARRL Technician

     Manual instead... it has way more educational material and info 
than the Gordon West manual.

     The ARRL has a free Instructor manual online, including 
Power-Points, and other applicable material to help teach

     the class(all downloadable). The new Tech Manual is spiral bound to 
help you go from instructional material to test

     questions easier(book opens flat) and retails for less than $30.00. 
There is a wealth of other material available

     online to help assist the student and instructors.


      I looked at the Mt Hope Radio Room bookshelf and there are no 
current manuals there, all old/expired.


     I went to the main Library in the shopping center and was very 
pleased to see the books we purchased for the

     County Library checked out and being used... good news!  I plan to 
get 1 of the new manuals from ARRL soon,

     so we can take a look at it.


     I would appreciate any comments, and suggestions, as this is all in 
planning stages at the moment. I would also like

     to solicit instructors and anyone wishing to help, knowing I cannot 
do it alone. Please feel free to comment and e-mail

     me at    hempling at comcast.net     (Please Not on 
Reflector).         I will update you'all when we get the room reserved.


                                      73    Steve