[nrv-hams] upcoming ham radio class scheduled

[Ronald Angert]

Excuse me for sending this to everyone again, but I have read all the replies from those who can help and it looks like Wednesday evenings work for most folks, so I have secured rooms for March 16th through April 27th.  Most nights are in Johnston Student Center room 304 (the old c-store) and April 6th is in Brush Mtn B (we will hopefully do demos in the shack that night) and the last session is in Squires 342 which will include a VE session.  We may find another room for the actual test, we can talk about that.

I personally think it a conflict to be both part of the teaching team and the VE team, so if you want to do one or the other let me know.  
I am going to ask that Nathaniel take lead on the VE part, so, Nathaniel, please let me know if that date works for you.

I think we can handle at least 20 students, so if you know anyone interested, please have them email me (prepared at vt.edu) and I will email them the information on the class.

I will be using the ARRL new Tech book, and asking that they pay for the book and the testing fee to register for the class.  I get a hefty discount on the books if people want to pre-order from me ($15 as I recall from last time) so the total will be around $31.

Those that want to help with the class are always welcome to be there even if not taking on a specific subject as I want to expose the students to as much about ham radio as possible and each of us does only a subset of what is out there in this hobby.

During the first class we will be going over what is possible with a license and perhaps Kay Craigie N3KN will be willing to speak again this time.  I will also ask Rick Armstrong to talk about ARES and would love some students to talk about what interests them in Ham radio.  For those who were not a part of the first class I arranged, I use a learner centered approach and try to get the students to be engaged in their learning process so there is not much 'lecture' but more hands-on activity in the room.  We have some hands on ohms law experiment boards to teach the relation between R, E and I and to give them some experience using a meter.

I think that it would be good to engage all the students to help in field day, either here with one of the clubs or wherever they find themselves on that weekend.

So let me know your desires to participate, if any, and I'll send a syllabus to those who are interested.

Thanks,

Ron N4AJT


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Ronald Angert
Emergency Preparedness Planner
Virginia Tech - Division of Student Affairs
prepared at vt.edu (540) 231-5538

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