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Online Technician Class

We held our first Online Technician License Class and Exam Session on September 26th and 27th.  The Nashua Area Radio Society is holding all of our license classes online using Zoom conferencing this fall due to the pandemic.  We are also able to give the Technician Exam to our students at the end of our class.  This has also allowed us to provide our license classes and exams to students across the US.

The online technician class was a success!  All three students earned their Technician License.   We kept this class small as it was our first try at a remote video license exam.

Congratulations to new Hams and License Class Grads:

  • Heather Hunter
  • Barbara Smith
  • Chris Holjes

All three students are now either club members or internet subscribers.

Gordon West Checks In to Technician Class
Gordon West Checks In to Technician Class

We had a surprise visitor on Saturday afternoon of the class as Gordon West, WB6NOA, showed up on Zoom to provide some encouraging words to the prospective new Hams and instructors.

Thanks to our great team of instructors and volunteer examiners who helped to make the class and exam a success:

Our next class will be the General License class, scheduled for October 25th and 26th.  For more information including the link to register for a License Class see https://www.n1fd.org/amateur-radio-license-class/

Anita, AB1QB

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NARS to Give Online Exams to Students of our Classes

The Nashua Area Radio Society VE Team is now equipped to administer online exams to students in our License Classes.  The first NARS online exam session will be held at the end of our Technician Class on September 27th.

Satellite Demo from Technician Class
Satellite Demo from Technician Class

Students who register for our online license classes can register for the exam at the same time that they register for the class.  The $15 exam fee will be collected at the time of registration.  In order to take an online exam, the student must have the following:

  • A Windows 7 or higher PC or recent Mac computer with a web browser and a reliable high-speed internet connection capable of supporting real-time, 2-way video.
  • A  computer with a working video camera, microphone, and speaker.
  • The computer must be in a non-cluttered, private work area away from any bulletin boards or pinned up papers or notes.
  • An internet-connected smartphone with a camera
Gordon West Technician Class Book
Gordon West Technician Class Book

Our classes are based on the Gordon West License books and students are expected to have read the book and completed a prestudy assignment before the class.  We go over every question in the question pool two times during each class.  We also give many demos as part of the class to help reinforce the material.

Our Fall 2020 License Classes will be given online via Zoom web conferencing on the following dates:

  • Technician Class: September 26th and 27th
  • General Class:  October 24th and 25th
  • Extra Class: December 4th, 5th, and 6th

For more information on our classes, and to register, visit our License Class page.

If you have already registered for a class and would like to add on the NARS Online Exam, please contact me at [email protected]

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Fall 2020 Amateur Radio License Classes

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The Nashua Area Radio Society will hold three Amateur Radio License Classes this fall. Due to COVID-19, we will be holding them online, and they are open to anyone in the US.

Here are the dates for our classes:

Our classes will be held using Zoom web conferencing.

Gordon West Technician Class Book
Gordon West Technician Class Book

Classes are based on the Gordon West License Class Manuals.  We go over each question on the exam at least twice and give lots of demos to reinforce the materials.

You can visit this page for more information about our license classes.  You can register online for a class here.

Our knowledgeable instructors have given 6-7 amateur radio license classes per year for the past 5 years.  We have had a high success rate with our amateur radio license classes and have received much positive feedback from our students.

We are working to implement an online exam at the end of our classes as we have in the past.  It will take some effort to put this in place but we will make every attempt to have this ready for the Fall classes.

Have questions?  Contact Anita, AB1QB at [email protected].

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