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 (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