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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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License Classes are Open for Registration

The Nashua Area Radio Society Winter/Spring 2020 License Classes are Open for Registration.  The classes will be held at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Nashua on the following dates:

  • Technician Class: January 18th and 19th
  • General Class: February 22nd and 23rd
  • Extra Class: March 20th, 21st, and 22nd

We will conduct a VE exam session on Sunday at the end of each class.

Our classes are based on the Gordon West license manuals.  We go over every question in the question pool twice and provide many demos to reinforce the material. Our demos will also give you a flavor of what you can do with your license.

To register for a class online, visit  https://www.n1fd.org/amateur-radio-license-class-registration/

If you have any questions, contact Anita, AB1QB at classes @n1fd.org.  You can also contact Anita if you are an ARRL Volunteer Examiner and would like to help out with any of our VE sessions.

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ARRL Technician Enhancement Proposal – How to Comment to the FCC

The FCC has invited public comments on ARRL’s 2018 Petition for Rule Making, now designated as RM-11828, which asks the FCC to expand HF privileges for Technician licensees to include limited phone privileges on 75, 40, and 15 meters, plus RTTY and digital mode privileges on 80, 40, 15, and 10 meters. Interested parties have 30 days to comment.

Source: ARRL Article FCC Invites Comments On ARRL Technician Enhancement Proposal dated March 15, 2019.

We encourage our members to comment in support of RM-11828. Expanding Technician Class License privileges to include digital and SSB phone options on more of the HF bands is just what we need to make the first level Amateur Radio License more fun, a better learning experience, and a more effective bridge to upgrading to General Class privileges. We believe this will encourage New Hams to get active on the air and after a taste of HF, will encourage them to upgrade to General.

The referenced ARRL article provides more information on the proposal along with instructions on how to comment to the FCC.

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