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Fall 2016 Ham Radio License Classes

The Nashua Area Radio Club has a dedicated team of Ham Radio license class instructors and we offer Technician, General, and Amateur Extra classes twice a year.  We have a great track record using the Gordon West class materials and have 68 graduates who got their initial license or upgrade.

Our classes are held at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua, 2300 Southwood Drive in Nashua.

We setup a live VHF and HF station in the classroom, which allows us to provide live demonstrations of the class material.  This helps students to better understand the material and also give them an idea of what they can do with their license once they have it.

Ham Radio License Class Radio Station
Class Radio Station

This season, two new instructors have joined our team, Greg Fuller, W1TEN and Brian Smiglieski, AB1ZO, who are both graduates of our May 2016 Extra Class.  They join our existing instructors Dave, N1RF,  Skip K1NKR, Wayne AG1A, Aron W1AKI, Anthony, KC1DXL, Wayne, KB1HYL, Fred, AB1OC and Anita, AB1QB.

We will hold a License Exam Session at the end of each class, starting a 4:00 pm on Sunday.

We have scheduled 3 classes for this fall:

DateClassClass Fee (due in advance)Book
September 24-25Technician$30Gordon West Technician Class Manual 2014 - 2018
October 22-23General$30Gordon West General Class Manual 2015 - 2019
December 2-4Amateur Extra$40Gordon West Extra Class Manual 2016 - 2020

More information can be found in the flyers below.  Please pass this information along to anyone you know who is interested in a Ham Radio License or an upgrade.    Contact Anita, AB1QB at [email protected] to sign up.

Fall 2016 Technician Ham Radio License Class Flyer

Fall 2016 Extra Ham Radio License Class Flyer

Anita, AB1QB

Our First Extra License Class

We held our first Extra License Class the weekend of May 13-15, 2016.   This was a 3-day class due to the larger amount of material that the Extra License Exam draws from.

We had 15 students and every student passed the Exam at the end and received their Amateur Extra class license upgrade!

Wayne Wagner Teaching the Extra License Class
Wayne Wagner Teaching the Extra License Class

Congratulations to all the new Extras!

  • Bob Bell, KC1FAE
  • Bernie Biron, K1BFB
  • Dale Chayes, KB1ZKD
  • John D’Errico, N1ERF
  • Bob Fiero, K1WKG
  • Jamey Finchum, KC1ENX
  • Greg Fuller, KC1FFQ
  • Ron Gonzalez, K1LCS
  • Joe Gordon, KB1RLC
  • Niece Hayes, KA1ULN
  • Charlie Pentedemos, KC1EIQ
  • Brian Quick, W1XMM
  • Don Risley, KC1CRK
  • Brian Smigielski, AB1ZO
  • Bill Warrington, W1TWO

A special thank you to our great instructor and VE team – Wayne Wagner, AG1A, Aron Insinga, W1AKI, Anthony Rizzolo, KC1DXL, Dave Michaels, N1RF, Skip Youngberg, K1NKR, Wayne Grant, KB1HYL, and Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC.  Also, an extra special thanks to Merle Insinga, W1MSI, for managing all the logistics and meals on Friday and Saturday!!

Anita, AB1QB

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