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Fall 2017 License Class Dates Set

Do you know someone who is interested in getting licensed as an Amateur Radio Operator?  Are you looking to upgrade your license to General or Extra class?  We will be giving three license classes this fall. Our Fall 2017 License Class dates are:

  • Technician:  September 30 – October 1
  • General: November 4-5
  • Extra: December 1-3

All classes will be given at Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Nashua and will start at 8:00 am and end at 6:00 pm each day.  We will hold an exam session at 4 pm on the last day (Sunday) of each class.

All of our classes use the Gordon West License Class books.  If you are interested in the class, pick up a copy of the book for your class and start reading!  You can register for the class using our online form.

License Class Dates - Teaching at Darmouth-Hitchcock
Teaching Amateur Radio License Classes

You can visit our License Class Page or contact Anita at [email protected] for more information on our classes,

2017 Spring Extra License Class

We just completed another successful Extra License class! Congratulations to the new Extras,  Abby Finchum, KC1FFX,  John Mara, KB1UX, and Tom Linehan, KB1VON.

Extra License Class Brithday!
Abby Blows out Candles on Birthday Cake

Abby celebrated her 13th birthday on Saturday during the class.  She was able to identify the Common Emitter Amplifier on the cake before she blew out the candles!  Her wish came true on Sunday!

Extra License Class Demos
Dave N1RF doing Antenna Demo
Extra License Class Demos
Fred, AB1OC demos Test Equipment and Waveforms

In addition to the classroom instruction, we had an Antenna Demo by Dave, N1RF and a demo of Test Equipment by Fred, AB1OC.

License Class New Extra Operator
New Extra John Mara, KB1UX with Wayne Wagner, AG1A

Thanks to all of our instructors and VEs for all of the hard work that it took to put on this class:

Fall License Classes

Our Fall Technician and General License classes held on September 24-25 and October 22-23 was a great success! We had a total of 10 new hams from our Technician class – 8 received their Technician License and 2 received their General Class License.

7 people received upgrades during our General class – 6 Generals and 1 Extra.

Congratulations to the following club members who received a license or upgrade through our classes!

Abby Finchum, KC1FFX, General
Connor Finchum, KC1GGX, General
Joe Kagenski, KC1GKP, Extra
Jill Gordon, KC1GKL, Technician
Carol Gardner, KC1GKO, General
Ben Scott, KC1GKN, General

Abby and Connor pass their General Exam
Abby and Connor pass their General Exam

Thanks to the instructors and VEs who helped out in the License Class and VE Session!!

The Fall Extra Class will be held on December 2-4 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Nashua. There are still slots available in the class. If you are interested in the class, contact Anita, AB1QB at [email protected]

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