Category Archives: Education and Training

Education and Training information is for folks looking for help to earn or upgrade their license, learn about Amateur Radio, and get help with Ham Radio questions.

CQ All Hams – Join Us For Online Meetings and Tech Nights!

CQ CQ All Hams! We will open our Membership Meetings and Tech Nights for April and May to include our Internet Subscribers and all Hams in North America.

CQ All Hams

We will hold our meetings online during April and May via Zoom! You are invited to join us online for these meetings.

We have some excellent speakers planned for our April and May meetings and they will share live presentations and conduct Q&A online. The Nashua Area Radio Society will also be conducting an after-meeting net on 40m after our April and May Meetings and Tech Nights.

Our Online Meetings in April and May

Nashua Area Radio Society April Regular Meeting

CQ All Hams - Jim Idelson, K1IR
Jim Idelson, K1IR

Nashua Area Radio Society Regular Meeting, April 7th, 7 pm Eastern – Our speaker will be Jim IdelsoK1IR who will talk about Tower SafetyJoin Our Zoom Meeting

Nashua Area Radio Society April Tech Night

AB1OC By The Tower
Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC

Nashua Area Radio Society Tech Night, April 14th, 7 pm Eastern – Fred KemmererAB1OC will provide a how-to presentation on How to Get Started in 2m EME (Moon Bounce) Communications. Fred will also share some details on a high-performance EME station that he is buildingJoin Our Zoom Meeting

Nashua Area Radio Society May Regular Meeting

CQ All Hams - Bob Heil, K9EID
Bob Heil, K9EID

Nashua Area Radio Society Regular Meeting, May 5th, 7 pm Eastern – Our speaker will be Dr. Bob Heil, K9EID. More to come on Bob’s Presentation

Nashua Area Radio Society May Tech Night

Operating Digital 2
Anita Kemmerer, AB1QB Using N1MM+ at Field Day

Nashua Area Radio Society Tech Night, May 12th, 7 pm Eastern – Anita Kemmerer, AB1QB and Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC will provide a how-to presentation on Getting Started with the N1MM+ Contest Logger.

All you need to join one of our meetings is to click on the Join Our Zoom Meeting link above for the meeting that you want to Join.

We suggest that you join our meetings online at least 15 minutes before the scheduled start times.

Join Us for Our After Meeting Nets on 40m


Abby Finchum, AB1BY – A NARS Net Control Operator Running a Special Event

CQ All Hams! The Nashua Area Radio Society will hold our new after meeting nets on or around 7.260 MHz LSB. We will post an update on the final frequency here just before our nets begin. We hope that these nets will give our members and guests a chance to communicate and socialize with each other. Folks who join us for the preceding online meetings will also be able to monitor the after meeting nets via the online share.

We will also be live streaming video and audio from our nets to the Nashua Area Radio Society Facebook page.

Be Sure to Watch Ham Nation Tonight

The Nashua Area Radio Society will be featured on Ham Nation tonight, April 1st.  Fred, AB1OC will do a short spot on Taking Your Amateur Radio Club Online.

He will be talking about how we brought our Extra License Class and Ham Radio Bootcamp online recently and our upcoming online meetings in April and May.

Ham Nation can be viewed each Wednesday night starting at 9:00 pm Eastern Time on Twit.tv.  You can watch it live at https://twit.tv/live

 

Ham Radio Home Schooling – Learn Morse Code

Do you have youngsters stuck at home looking for fun and safe activities? How about learning Morse code?

The Long Island CW Club Offering Free Online Code Instruction for Homebound Youngsters

The Long Island CW Club in New York is offering free online Morse code instruction for the “many youngsters at loose ends as a result of school closings due to COVID-19 concerns.” The club’s co-founder,Learn Morse Code Howard Bernstein, WB2UZE, pointed out that learning Morse code is “a fun and educational activity for children of all ages that can fill part of the gap left by the current unfortunate situation that has closed so many schools across the country.”

Ongoing classes will take place Monday through Friday, specifically for school-agers anywhere across the country or overseas, via Zoom online video conferencing.

A computer equipped with a microphone and camera is required. Classes for elementary schoolers run 30 minutes starting at 1600 UTC, followed by 45-minute classes for middle- and high school-aged students, starting at 1645 UTC. Parental permission is required through advance registration.

Contact class instructor Rob Zarges, K2MZ, by e-mail or call 508-831-8248. — Thanks to Mel Granick, KS2G, ARRL New York City-Long Island Section Public Information Coordinator

The Long Island CW Club (W2LCW) offers over 25 on-line classes each week for learning Morse code.  Classes are held at various levels from rank beginner to the seasoned expert. Check out the schedule page at https://longislandcwclub.org/events/

TU es 73!
Jerry,  K1OKD

This article was re-print from the March 26th ARRL News Letter available at http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter?issue=2020-03-26

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