Get Your Amateur License
Technician License Class Starting on August 20, 2008

 


PARA conducts entry level amateur radio classes for people interested in obtaining their Technician Class FCC amateur radio license. Classes are on Wednesdays and continue for four weeks. The 5th week students are given the FCC Technician Class exam. The instructor will be Dave AA3EJ. There is no cost for the course, although you will need the study materials discussed below.

The Technician Class license is the entry level amateur radio license, with General Class and Extra Class being the next levels. The FCC no longer requires that amateur radio operators to know Morris Code (CW), although many of the amateur bands continue to hum with CW.

There will be 35 questions on the exam. The questions are selected from a pool of 385 available questions, chosen at random. To pass the test, you must correctly answer 26 of the 35 questions. This course will prepare you to pass this test.

All classes and the exam are conducted at the Holt Memorial Library, 9 West Pine Street in Philipsburg. The next Technician class will start on August 20, 2008 and will conclude with the September 17, 2008 testing session.

As permitted by FCC rules, there is a $14 fee to sit for the test. You are not required to have participated in the Technician Class to take the test. Test session reservations are recommended to assure enough printed tests are on hand.

To reserve a seat in the August / September 2008 Class PARA click here.

Contact the instructor Dave AA3EJ via e-mail or on the telephone at 342-0696.

The recommended study materials for this course include:

Item Price
Technician Study Manual 2006-2010 (STRONGLY SUGGESTED)
Study with the Best!

Gordo's Technician Class Study Guide based on the New Element 2 Question Pool effective July 1, 2006 and valid through June 30, 2010. Elmer shows you hundreds of his "HAM HINTS" making study fun and easy! BONUS - Audio CD explains and teaches VHF Propagation.
$18.95
Technician Class Audio CD Theory Course (OPTIONAL)
Gordon West's Audio CD Technician Class Course based on the Element 2 Question Pool effective July 1, 2006. Gordo's famous one-on-one class room style instruction on 4 audio CDs with track-by-track user's guide. Effective July 1, 2006 and valid through June 30, 2010 for license exam preparation.
$27.95


Dave AA3EJ will be teaching from the Technician Study Manual. Holt Memorial Libray in Philipsburg has two copies of the Technician Study Manual book available for loan. It is strongly suggested that students, at the minimum, have available the Technician Study Manual book.

Follow this link to order your study materials: W5YI Group Study Materials.

Contact the instructor, Dave AA3EJ (Phone: 814-342-0696) to answer any questions.

Follow this link to register for the PARA Technician License Class.

The test session fee and the optional, but strongly suggested, study material costs are the only expenses involved with obtaining your Technician Class amateur radio license.



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