A free, weekly, 3-hour Amateur Radio Operating Class on Zoom will begin on Thursday April 2 and run through June 18. Sessions will be 2 to 3 hours long beginning at 6:30 PM. EASTERN time. Typically, two topics are covered per evening. The presenters will be folks very experienced in the various subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A detailed syllabus will be published before the classes begin. Attend them all, or any that you like, but you must register for the classes. To receive registration information, contact Rol Anders, K3RA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Subjects will include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n All About Operating–A general Introduction<\/p>\n\n\n\n Amateur Radio Organizations\u2014Local to International<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ham Radio Operating Awards<\/p>\n\n\n\n DXing-History and Tips from the Experts<\/p>\n\n\n\n QSLing-How to get that needed confirmation for DXCC or WAS<\/p>\n\n\n\n VHF\/UHF Weak Signal Work and \u201cRoving\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Image Operating\u2014Slow Scan and Fast Scan TV<\/p>\n\n\n\n Remote Station control over internet<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learning CW in the no-code era<\/p>\n\n\n\n Digital Modes\u2014From RTTY to FT8 and beyond<\/p>\n\n\n\n Contesting\u2014How to get started, tips for the beginner and intermediate contester<\/p>\n\n\n\n Logging Software\u2014What\u2019s available, how to use<\/p>\n\n\n\n Propagation\u2014A general intro to HF Propagation with emphasis on the declining phase of the current solar cycle<\/p>\n\n\n\n Amateur Satellites\u2014How to get started<\/p>\n\n\n\n Portable (backpacking) operation and POTA\u2014Tips from an expert<\/p>\n\n\n\n Setting Up a Modern (or not so modern) HF Station<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lightning Protection and Grounding<\/p>\n\n\n\n Traffic Handling<\/p>\n\n\n\n Public Service, Emergency Communications<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A free, weekly, 3-hour Amateur Radio Operating Class on Zoom will begin on Thursday April 2 and run through June 18. Sessions will be 2 to 3 hours long beginning at 6:30 PM. EASTERN time. Typically, two topics are covered per evening. The presenters will be folks very experienced in the various subjects. A detailed … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scheart.us\/staging\/9284\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scheart.us\/staging\/9284\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scheart.us\/staging\/9284\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scheart.us\/staging\/9284\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scheart.us\/staging\/9284\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27948"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scheart.us\/staging\/9284\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27949,"href":"https:\/\/scheart.us\/staging\/9284\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27948\/revisions\/27949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scheart.us\/staging\/9284\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scheart.us\/staging\/9284\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scheart.us\/staging\/9284\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}