[KYHAM] Introduction to Amateur Radio

[Bill Fuqua]

Due to a delay in getting an advertisement into the Herald Leader and bad 
weather our first class will start this coming Friday.

The "Introduction to Amateur Radio" class will begin Friday February 6, 
2004 in room 163 of the Chemistry Physics Building, University of Kentucky 
Campus on Rose Street (Has a silo in front). This class is sponsored by the 
Bluegrass Amateur Radio Society and the University of Kentucky Amateur 
Radio Club. It will start at 7PM and end at 9PM. The first hour we will 
have discussions of the Rules, Regulation, Operation Practices and Theory. 
We will be using the ARRL " Now You're Talking" text and reference book. 
If  you buy your own book before coming to our class please make sure it is 
the latest edition.  These books will be free for young students up thru 
the 12th grade and will be available for our cost to all others. Morse Code 
will be taught during the second hour. If you only want VHF and UHF 
privileges you only need to attend the first hour. However, we encourage 
all students to try Morse Code because it is much easier than to learn most 
people think. If you only need to learn Morse Code or need a refresher 
class you may come at 8PM.
Parking is always difficult at UK, however there are areas available Friday 
evenings that are not on the other week day evenings. The most convenient 
parking at 7PM is the parking garage across Rose Street just South of the 
Chemistry Physics Building. It will be open for the general public after 
4:30PM on Fridays. The easiest way to get to it from the South is to either 
take Tates Creek or Nicholasville Rd to either Alumni or Cooper Drive. Turn 
Northward onto University Drive and go toward the W.T. Young Library. At 
the end of University Drive ( you should be looking right at the big 
library building) turn left and follow Hilltop Ave. to the parking garage. 
The gates should be open.

If you have questions please call me, Bill Fuqua at (859) 257-4155 during 
the day or in the evenings at home (859) 272-9523.
73
Bill wa4lav