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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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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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