Technician Class License Course Announcement

Technician Class License Course Announcement

Hillsborough County ARES/RACES, in cooperation with Hillsborough County Emergency Management, is proud to sponsor the introductory Amateur Radio “Technician Class” License Course in a traditional classroom setting.

Please invite your friends to come join the over 300 people who have taken these courses and earned or upgraded an Amateur Radio license during the last few years.

This course will be held on two Saturdays – the 20th of March and the 3rd of April 2010, at the Museum of Science and Industry, located at 4801 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33617. Class will start at on both days at 9AM and continue until 5PM. On the 3rd of April, testing will begin at 3:30PM.

The introductory Technician course will be based around the current ARRL Technician Class book, “The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual”.

There will also be a “Show and Tell” of various Amateur Radio experiences during the classes.

If you wish to start studying before class, Amateur radio practice tests for license courses are available on-line at http://www.qrz.com/p/testing.pl. Choose the Technician exam pool.

The fees, with the book, bring the cost for this class to $45. You will pay for the course at class time. Please bring a government-issued picture ID card with you, as well.

Due to a generous grant from Hillsborough County, the fees for this class will be reimbursed after successfully passing the test given on
Saturday the 3rd of April.

The class size is limited – and you can sign up online! In order to properly prepare materials and gauge class sizes, please send an email to training@hcaresraces.org to reserve your seat in this class. The registration deadline is Monday, March 15th, 2010.

If you are unable to attend both sessions of your course, please let us know about that as well – there is some scheduling flexibility for this class.

We look forward to seeing your friends and family there!

Keating Floyd
RACES Officer
ARES Emergency Coordinator
Hillsborough County