Twenty-three students started the class on Saturday, Twenty students showed up for class on Sunday morning and took the tech license examination. All passed.
The instructors continued the tradition of providing excellent instruction. The instructors are becoming more familiar with the material and their discussions about the material are becoming better.
The instructors were: Paul, K4PDF; Earl, KB0NRK; Henry, K2BFY; Monte, KV4KS; Bruce, KN4TS; Bill, K4UPE; Tod, KN4BGX; and Larry, W8ANT.
The class coordinator / organizer was Amit, WY2Z. Everything went well. Everything was well organized.
The class at the beginning.
Amit, WY2Z, set up a live streaming video so that a student at home could monitor the classes.
Paul, K4PDF, started the sessions with the class: T1 – FCC Rules, descriptions and definitions for the Amateur Radio Service, operator and station license responsibilities.
Mike, WB8RDN, from the amateur radio examination team, passed out Form 605 to all the students and explained the examination process.
Earl, KB0NRK, continued with two classes: T2 - operating procedures and T8 - Modulation modes: amateur satellite
operation; operating activities; non-voice
communications
Henry, K2BFY, finished the morning on Saturday with the class on T5 – Electrical principles: math for electronics; electronic principles; Ohm’s Law.
Monte, KV4KS, started the afternoon with T7 – Station equipment: common transmitter and receiver problems; antenna measurements; troubleshooting; basic repair and testing.
Bruce, KN4TS, continued mid-afternoon with T0 – Electrical safety: AC and DC power circuits; antenna installation; RF hazards.
Bill, K4UPE, finished the afternoon with two classes: T3 – Radio wave characteristics: properties of radio waves; propagation modes and T4 - Amateur radio practices and station set up.
Tod, KN4BGX, lead off on Sunday with T6 – Electrical components: semiconductors; circuit diagrams; component functions.
Larry, W8ANT, finished the classes with T9 – Antennas and feed lines,
Gordon, NQ4K, visited to learn something new from the instructors.
Amit, WY2Z, conducting a review of the technician examination questions and answers at the end of the class.
Overall another successful event.
The class near the end.