Do you want to be an Amateur Radio Operator? Would you like to be of more service to your community? The Atascosa County Amateur Radio Club (ACARC) will teach a Technician Class course for members of the communities in the Pleasanton and surrounding areas.
WHEN: September 17th and 24th (Saturdays 9:00am to 5:00pm) with the license exam given at 3:00 on the 24th. Candidates should attend both sessions.
WHERE: Leming School in Leming, Bld A on 5th St. (Fire Marshall Dept.)
COST: The FCC license is free and good for 10 years. The cost of the amateur radio exam is $14.00.
The exam consists of 35 multiple choice questions and is graded immediately. A passing score is 74 (26 correct).
The instructor recommends reading through the Gordon West Technician Class 2014-2018 Study Guide before the course starts. Texts for the course should be obtained as early as possible.
It can be purchased on-line for $28.95+tax at http://www.w5yi.org/catalog.php?sort=4 or from ACARC for $25.00.
A Baofeng handheld radio will be raffled off after the exam. To be eligible, attend the course and pass the Technician exam. You may go home with a radio you can begin listening to right away and talking on as soon as the FCC assigns your call sign.
The 426 question pool from which the exam is taken and the 3 graphics can be downloaded from http://ncvec.org/page.php?id=362. The club also has a file which contains only the correct answers. The latter can be emailed upon request. Both of these are FREE.
Here are some sites where practice tests can be taken. Some may ask you to “sign in”. This is so they can track your exam questions and not give you the same ones over and over. When you are consistently making 85% or better, you are ready to take the exam for real. http://aa9pw.com/ http://qrz.com/hamtest http://arrlexamreview.appspot.com/ http://www.eham.net/exams/
To sign up for the course, buy a book, get the correct answer file or if you have any questions, email Evelyn or leave a message on the Club’s Facebook page: dek7eve@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/AtascosaHamRadioClub/
