By Vicki W. Kipp
Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) Chapter 24 Newsletter
April 1, 2004
Are you a Technician Class ham who would like to step up your operating privileges a notch? Are you starting to get “cabin fever” by being limited to transmitting on amateur VHF and UHF frequencies? Would you like to turn your rig frequency down to communicate around the world on any part of the 160, 30, 17, 12, and 10- meter bands, and much of the 80, 40, 20, and 15-meter High Frequency (HF) bands? If so, help is coming.
Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE) Chapter 24 Newsletter
Members of the UW-Space Place Amateur Radio Center (Station N9UW) are planning a free General Class Workshop for the weekend of May 15 and 16, 2004. UW-Space Place, at 1605 South Park Street in Madison, will host the General Class Workshop. The workshop is intended for amateur radio operators who have already passed their Technician Class ARRL license exam and will help hams prepare for the written portion of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL’s) General Class License Exam. The Morse code exam required for the General Class License will not be covered during this workshop. The ARRL General Class License Manual (ISBN: 0-87259-800- 4, 4th edition, fifth printing, 2003 © 2000- 2003) is required for this workshop. The manual is available from your local book seller, the American Radio Relay League, Inc. (#8004) at http://www.arrl.org, or through AES at www.aesham.com.
A 35-question general license exam (cost $12) will be given at the workshop conclusion on Sunday, May 16. The general license requires the operator to pass a 5 wpm Morse code test. The Morse code test may be taken on a separate occasion, before or after taking the general license written exam.
This workshop is contingent on having at least eight people sign up. To register for the General Class workshop on May 15 and 16, send the following information to Don Michalski (W9IXG) by e-mailing ###@sal.wisc.edu, or by phoning (608) ###-####:
· Your name
· Address
· E-mail address
· Phone number
· Age (Only needed for youth of high school age or younger)
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