[PPRAANet] Hands-on topics. Any suggestions?

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Thu May 17 11:45:30 EDT 2012


 
Are  there additional topics I should add? 
Hands-on 
Purpose: To train hams, new or seasoned, skills necessary to  perform 
communications in emergencies or as a hobby, and to recover from  equipment 
failure. 
1)  Tools: Basic tools for construction and repair. Parts. 
2)  Test equipment: How to use and understand readings. 
3)  Soldering: The basics. Soldering iron and gun. 
4)  Feedlines: Discussing different types of feedlines and putting on  
connectors. 
5)  Antennas: Construction, repair and antenna trouble shooting. Using 
antenna  analyzer. 
6)  Antenna mounting: How to install antennas. Lighting arrestors. 
7)  Equipment: How to operate your radio and recognize problems. 
Programming  radios. 
8)  Procedures: The way you operate your radio during emergencies and  
non-emergencies. 
9)  Alternate power sources: Batteries, solar panels, vehicle, generator. 
10)  Mobile radio installations: On the go radio. 
11)  Portable operations: Emergency operations in the field. What you need 
to be  prepared. 
12)  Power supplies: The how and why. 
13)  Circuits: What to make of it all. 
14)  Schematic diagrams: Ham radio roadmap. 
15)  Components: Who does what. 
16)  Transmitter/Receiver: How they work. 
17)  Safety: Safety first always 
18)  Propagation: Getting from here to there. 
19)  Radio interference: We are the folks in the White hats. 
20)  Resonate circuits: The way they are. 
21)  Modes: What’s the difference? 
22)  Putting together your first station: What we need. 
23)  Zones, grid squares, regions: What they  are.


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