After significant delay we are finally ready to begin classes for the Technician & General class licenses. Due to a significant number of Technician class students who have interest in taking the General class, the General class will begin after the completion of the Tech. class. Time & day preferences have been expressed by students, but there was no overwhelming consensus. Resultantly, I have set the class schedule similar to what has been done in the past.
The Tech. classes will begin on Thursday, January 3, 2013 and run for ~3 weeks every Tuesday & Thursday evening. To clarify, there will be classes held January 3, 8, 10, 15, 17 & 22. classes will begin @ 6:30PM and finish @ 9:30PM. These hours (and possibly days) are flexible as driven by session content, student availability & instructor availability. We will discuss schedule hardships @ the 1st class meeting on January 3. If you can't attend the 1st class, please contact me. January 24 will be a make-up class if required and formal exams will be given on Saturday morning, January 26 @ 8:30AM @ the S.B. County Health Services Building (San Marcos Rd. off Calle Real). All classes will be held at the Santa Barbara Red Cross (State St. & Alamar) in one of the upstairs classrooms.
The General class is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, February 5 and follow a similar schedule to the Tech. classes, every Tuesday & Thursday for 3 weeks, ending on February 21. Tentatively, the scheduled class hours are 6:30-9:30.
Classes will include some homework and students are strongly encouraged to read the applicable License Manual sections prior to the associated class. The 1st class, in addition to introductions, etc., will cover chapters 1 & 2.
Both classes require that students have a copy of the associated ARRL "HAM Radio License Manual". These are available from the ARRL ( http://www.arrl.org/ www.ARRL.org) for $30.00. Note: There are 5 Technician class manuals available from the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club (SBARC) for $25 each. There are no General manuals. Please let me know ASAP if you need a manual as the 5 available manuals will be sold on a first-come basis. I will be placing a bulk order on Thursday, Dec. 20 to replenish the Club's supply of both Tech. & General Manuals. These will be available at the same discounted price of $25 as soon as received.
The only other cost is a $15 license fee as established by the FCC.
Additional class materials needed: 1. Note paper & pen/pencil 2. Laptops, I-Pads, etc. are fine (but can't be used for the exam) 3. Hand-held calculator w/ sq. & sq. root + log (desirable)
If you have any questions, issues or comments, please contact me via phone or e-mail Mike Wapner K6QD@cox.net (805) 680-2382