[MohawkARC] Ham Radio Tech class starts Saturday

[Paul A. Topolski]

Dear fellow radio amateurs,

 

This Saturday 11/1/14 we are starting our next Technician class.  As always,
all radio amateurs are invited to the first class to welcome the students
and share their adventures in ham radio.  We are meeting at the Gardner EOC,
61 East Broadway at 09:00.

 

I am making this class different, more exciting, and successful in several
ways.  First, We are using HamTestOnLine.com as the main study material for
the class.  As a club we can get a special price of $15 per student
subscription.  This saves the student $14.95 as opposed to purchasing a
license manual.  Second, All the classes will be labs and demos, no more
lectures and boring PowerPoint slides.  Students as usual, are required to
bring a digital multimeter and TI-30Xa calculator and these instruments will
be used during the classes.  Third, This class, start to finish, is only
seven weeks including the intro week and exam session.  And finally, the
labs and demos will be partly based on students e-mailing questions during
their study and I'll create demos and lessons to answer the questions.

 

Considering this new aggressive format I would like to offer and highly
encourage fellow amateur radio operators to Elmer a student in the class.
As of today we have eight students registered and the fine folks at
HamTestOnLine recommend a 1:1 Elmer/student ratio.  Of course I have no idea
how many last minute walk-ins we'll get.  The Elmer would be the first level
contact for questions and I will assist and provide class demos.  The amount
of contact and method will be decided between the Elmer and student.

 

Whether you decide to Elmer or not, you are still invited to meet the
students on Saturday.  I hope to see you then.

 

Tnx es 73,

 

 

Paul, W1SEX