Ham Bootcamp provides help and training for Hams and prospective Hams at all levels. We’ll help you to get a station together and get on the air. You can learn more about Ham Bootcamp and register here.
We will have a pre-event show which will begin at approximately 9:30 am Eastern Time.
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
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
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:
Are you a newly licensed Technician, or a General or Extra and have never been on the air or built a station? Are you a prospective ham but would like to learn more about Amateur Radio activities? Ham Bootcampis the program for you and this year Ham Bootcamp is Going Online!
Registration is open for the Nashua Area Radio Society’s Fall Ham Bootcamp. This year, Ham Bootcamp is going online using Zoom web conferencing. Going online will allow us to help new Hams get on the air, in a safe way during the Coronavirus Pandemic. This will also let us reach out to new Hams across the country.
Jamey, AC1DC, Elmers Randall, N1KRB as he makes an HF Contact
The ARRL has published an article about our Ham Bootcamp program. It is the cover story in the October 2020 QST, which is just reaching mailboxes this week. If you haven’t received your copy yet, you can access the article online at This Month in QST. If you like the article, you can vote for it to receive the Cover Plaque award at http://www.arrl.org/cover-plaque-poll
Dan and Kenzie Satellite Intro at Bootcamp
Our fall Ham Bootcamp will be held on Saturday, November 7thfrom 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Eastern Time. The morning session will focus on Technician level activities and the afternoon session will focus on HF activities for General and above licensees. Here is the agenda:
Repeaters and VHF/UHF Session Activities
Putting together a Station for Repeaters – How to pick an HT or Mobile Radio and an Antenna
Radio Programming Tutorial
Getting started with EchoLink
Making Contacts and Joining a Repeater Net
Getting Started with Amateur Radio Satellites
Getting started with Fox Hunting
Jamey Explains HF Station Building
HF Session Activities
Putting together an HF Station for SSB, CW, and Digital
Picking and putting up an HF Antenna, Feedline, and Ground
Operating on the HF bands using SSB Voice
Software and setup for Logging Contacts via your computer
Getting started with WSJT-X and FT8 Digital
Finding DX and QSL’ing – Getting them in the log and confirmed
… and more!
Ham Bootcamp is Going Online on November 7th
Registration is now open for the November 7th session. You can get more information about Ham Bootcamp at https://www.n1fd.org/ham-bootcamp/.
Each attendee should register separately using this link. After registering, you will be sent a link that will allow you to register for the Zoom meeting. Following the Zoom meeting registration, you will receive a personal Zoom link via email.