***  FREE AMATEUR RADIO OPERATING SKILLS CLASS  ***

A free, weekly, Amateur Radio Operating Class on Zoom will begin on Thursday April 4 and run through June 20, 2024.  Classes will begin at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time and run for three hours.  The presenters will be various experienced folks in the various subjects.    Editor’s Note:  The Meeting Leader typically gives a short break part-way through the class session.

A detailed syllabus will be published before the classes begin.  Attend all twelve of the sessions, or select the ones that you like.

You must register for the classes .
To receive registration information, contact Rol Anders, K3RA, at roland.anders@comcast.net. 

Editor’s Note:  If you are a ham radio operator looking for something different to do, this just might be the class for you. 
I attended these classes a few years ago, had an enjoyable time, and tried several of the concepts that appealed to me.

I have a motto — You only grow old when you run out of new things to do.

 

Subjects will include:

All About Operating–A general Introduction

Amateur Radio Organizations—Local to International

Ham Radio Awards

DXing-History and Tips from the Experts

QSLing-How to get that needed card for DXCC or WAS

VHF/UHF Weak Signal Work and “Roving”

Image Operating—Slow Scan and Fast Scan TV

Remote Station control over internet

Learning CW in the no-code era

Digital Modes—From RTTY to FT8 and beyond

Contesting—How to get started, tips for the beginner and intermediate contester

Logging Software—What’s available, how to use

Propagation—A general intro to HF Propagation

Amateur Satellites—How to get started

Portable (backpacking) operation—Tips from an expert

Setting Up a Modern (or not so modern) HF Station

Lightning Protection and Grounding

Traffic Handling

Public Service, Emergency Communications      

 

Thanks,
Rol, K3RA

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The South Mountain Radio Amateurs (SMRA) will hold their next License Training class on Monday February 26, 2024 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.   The classes run for up to 7 weeks.  Classes are held at the Bosler Library located at 158 W. High ST., Carlisle, PA 17013.

There are five 2-hour training class sessions, and one testing session.

The seventh and final session is dedicated to those that pass the licensing exam.   This is where SMRA will give all the newly licensed HAMs a vhf/uhf handheld radio and train them how to program and talk on it. 

Information about the training class can be found at the South Mountain Radio Amateurs website:   www.n3twt.org

The training class is the first article on the page the day that I visited the site.

Information about how to register for the training classes with the Bosler Library can be found in a link within the above mentioned article.

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