VENTURING CREW 80

AMATEUR RADIO LICENSING COURSE

WANT TO BECOME AN AMATEUR (HAM) RADIO OPERATOR?

The 2013 course is FULL

·      Qualify for the entry level FCC Amateur Radio Technician Class License

·      No Morse Code Proficiency Required

·      Just four Saturday weekend classes including the Exam

·      Open to the Public

Sponsors:  VENTURING CREW 80 and the MOUNT VERNON AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

When:   Four Successive Saturdays in January and February 2013:

January 12    3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Orientation and Study Materials Distribution)

January 19    9:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Instruction)

January 26    9:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Instruction)

February 2     9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (Instruction, Review and Exam)                

February 9   9:30 AM - 11:30 AM (Make-up Exam)

Where:      First Christian Church, 2723 King Street, Alexandria, VA

                  (Near the intersection with Janney’s Lane)

Cost: $35 (Cost of Supplied Materials Only - 1 textbook plus CD-ROM - Yours to keep). 

Age: No Limit (parental accompaniment recommended under age 14)

Instruction Method: Textbook-reading assignments combined with personal and video instruction and computer-based practice exam question review.  You keep the textbook and CD-ROM.  They are great references!

Course Description: Everything you need to know to get an Amateur Radio Operators Technician Class license without having to learn the Morse Code: Fundamentals of electricity, electronic circuit theory, electronic components, radio theory and electromagnetic wave propagation, antennas, feed lines, amateur radio operating procedures, practices, equipment, FCC rules and regulations

How to Sign Up (by January x please) :

The 2013 course is FULL

By email to (to be announced); or by phone at (to be announced). Provide Name, Address, Phone Number and Email address.  The registration fee (cash or check) will be collected at the first session on January x.  Scouts and Venturers passing the FCC Technician licensing exam will meet the requirements for the BSA radio merit badge and can have their blue card signed by the course instructor.

We respond to all e-mails. If you don’t get a response, we did not receive your e-mail.

Questions?: (To be announced for 2014)

COME EXPERIENCE THE FUN OF AMATEUR RADIO WITH US!

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