Technician Class Introduction

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Technician ClassIntroduction

• Welcome!

HOTARC
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Welcome!

• Your ticket to the exciting world of amateur
  radio!

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Facilities

• Restrooms
• Snacks
• Lunch

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Class Organization

• Text Technician Class by Gordon West
• Pre-class study guide
• 20 sessions each 15 minutes to 1 hour
• Breaks Morning, Lunch, Afternoon
• Your Instructors
• John Chamberlain, AC5CV
• Clint Anderson AE5CA

• Rodney Baden, K5YKC
• Jim Jud, KA5QKL
• Larry Carlson, AA5LC

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Class Organization

• Review the questions
• Focus on the RIGHT answer
• Hands-on activities
• Further discussion during breaks and lunch

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Testing

• Conducted by volunteer examiners
• Test Session held next Saturday
• 35-question exam taken from the pool of 394
  questions

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Testing

• Topics
• FCC Rules
• Operating Procedures
• Radio Wave Characteristics
• Amateur Radio Practices and Station Setup
• Electrical Principles
• Electrical Components
• Station Equipment
• Modulation Modes
• Antennas
• AC Power Circuits, Antenna Installation, RF
  Hazards

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Your First Amateur Radio License

• Use VHF and UHF frequencies for short-range
  communication.
• Access HF (shortwave) frequencies for world-wide
  communication.

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Your First Amateur Radio License

• Take part in public service activities
• Storm spotting
• Emergency backup communications
• Public events (bike races, 5K runs, etc.)
• Message handling
• Fun activities
• Contesting
• Transmitter hunts

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Your First Amateur Radio License

• Operating activities
• Chasing DX - making contacts with other
  countries
• Earning awards
• Space communication with satellites
• Amateur television
• Technical Activities
• Construction of radio equipment
• Experimental communication (digital)
• EME earth-moon-earth!

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Ham Radio
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