Council Rock H.S. Students Test Their ISS Ground Station

Technician Class for High School Students

On the weekend of May 22nd and 23rd, the Nashua Area Radio Society held a Technician License Class for students from Bishop Guertin High School in Nashua, NH, and from Council Rock High School South in Holland, PA.  Both schools recently had contacts with the ISS.  The Bishop-Guertin High School ISS contact was held earlier this year in February.  and the Council Rock High School South ISS contact was in December 2019.

Students in May 22-23 Tech Class
Students in the May 22-23 Tech Class

The class was held online via Zoom Web Conferencing.  The students were enthusiastic and came to the class well prepared.

Visit from Gordon West
Visit from Gordon West, WB6NOA

We had a visit from Gordon West, WB6NOA on Saturday morning.  Gordon enjoyed the class so much, he stopped by on Sunday as well to visit.

Congratulations to the 10 new Technicians from the class:

 

 

 

 

Bishop Guertin High School Students:

  • Tamara Golosarsky: KC1PJK
  • Nicholas D Root: KC1PJL
  • Ryan J Wallat: KC1PJM


 

 

Council Rock South High School Students:
  • Sabrina N Adler: KC3SFF
  • Matthew D Floyd: KC3SFG
  • Kari P Johnson: KC3SFH
  • Lauren M Jones: KC3SFI
  • Areesha F Muzaffar: KC3SFJ
  • Aarya Parekh: KC3SFL
  • Paulina E Royzman: KC3SFM

Thanks to our instructors and VEs for their help in teaching the students and running the online exam:

  • Jamey Finchum, AC1DC
  • Aron Insinga, W1AKI
  • Anthony Rizzolo, KC1DXL
  • Burns Fisher, WB1FJ
  • Ted Trost, W1TED
  • Dave Merchant, K1DLM
  • Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC
  • Anita Kemmerer, AB1QB

Our next license classes will be held this Fall:

  • Technician: September 18th and 19th
  • General: October 23rd and 24th
  • Extra: December 3rd – 5th

Students can get more information and register at https://www.n1fd.org/amateur-radio-license-class/

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