[MarinTeams] Amateur Radio License event Saturday, August 15

[Bill Smith]

Are you interested in obtaining your Amateur Radio license?  Would you like
to upgrade!

The Technician license permits amateur radio communications with portable,
hand held radios which are usable throughout your neighborhood.  Radio
repeaters extend handheld coverage across the county.

The General license is the next level license.  General Class Amateurs have
the additional privilege of communicating on short-wave frequencies
throughout the country and around the world.

Both licenses are available by successfully completing written examinations.
Upon successful completion you will be issued an amateur radio license and
call sign.

The Hamilton Wireless Association is sponsoring a license preparation
program to assist you in preparing for the August 15th Volunteer
Examination.
	
      (1) Study classes for Technician and General licenses will be held
each Thursday evening at Trinity Community Church.
	(2) Information will be reviewed in the Thursday evening classes
(7:00pm-9:00pm) beginning this Thursday and continuing each Thursday at
Trinity Church up to the date of the test.
	(3) An additional session for those preparing for the Technician
license will be held beginning at 9:00am on the morning of the examination,
as described below.

On Saturday, August 15, the morning preparation session for the Technician
license will begin in Room 101, Novato Community Hospital in Novato.
The Technician preparation session will be held from 9:00am to 12:30pm.  You
will be given a booklet with questions and answers to review up until the
time of the test.

Saturday, August 15 is also the date of the examination, which will be
conducted at 1:00pm.
All amateur radio elements will be offered at the 1:00pm examination.  The
fee for the examination is $15.00.
 
Cost of the Technician preparation program is $25, which includes the $15
examination fee.  Cost of the General preparation program is $15 which
covers the examination fee.

If you would like to participate, or have any questions, please contact Bill
Smith (hbco2 at hbco2.com) or phone at 415-485-3815.

Thank you, and look forward to seeing you at our classes.
Good success!

73 de Bill, AB6MT

Trinity Church is located at 1675 Grand Avenue in the Dominican area of San
Rafael.   Here are summary instructions to the church:
If you are traveling to San Rafael from the south on Highway 101, take the
Central San Rafael Exit.  You will be on Irwin St.  Continue north on Irwin
in the right-most lane through the Mission Street intersection, avoiding the
entry lane to highway 101 north.  Continue north on Irwin to the end of
Irwin.  At the end of Irwin, turn left onto Belle Avenue.  Continue on
Belle, past an elementary school, to Grand Ave.  Turn left at Grand and
continue approximately two blocks to 1675 Grand.
If you are traveling to San Rafael from the north, take the Lincoln Avenue
exit.  Turn left at the stoplight and continue south on Lincoln to the next
stoplight.  Turn left onto Linden Lane and continue through the
undercrossing of Highway 101.  At the other side of the undercrossing, turn
right on Grand Ave.  The church is on the immediate right-hand side of
Grand.
Feel free to park in the large parking lot in front of the church.  The
meeting room is down a small flight of steps on the right-hand side of the
main building.

The Novato Community Hospital is located at 180 Rowland Way, Novato, CA
94945.  The class will be held in Room 101 on the south-west side of the
facility.  A parking lot on the left hand side of the facility faces the
entrance to Room 101.
To reach the Hospital, travel on Highway 101.  From the north of Novato,
look for Rowland Way, the exit that follows the main Novato exit.  Take the
overpass and continue on Rowland Way.  Turn left at the second intersection
on the west side of the freeway.  The hospital is located at the end of
Rowland Way.  Look for the parking lot on the left-hand side of the main
entrance.
>From the south of Novato, take the Roland Way exit.  Turn right at the
intersection and left at the next intersection.  The hospital is located at
the end of Rowland Way.  Look for the parking lot on the left-hand side of
the main entrance.