HARC Technician license Class
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HacDC entry-level (Technician) Amateur License test preparation class
Dates and Times
The class will be held at the Space on two consecutive Saturdays: February 11 and 18 from 1 to 4 PM. The following Saturday: February 25 at 9 AM (sharp) will be be the exam at the Winterfest at the Northern Virginia Community College Annandale Campus.
Resources
- The target exam is at the Vienna Wireless Society's "Winterfest: http://www.viennawireless.org/winterfest.php
- Some links to free online practice exams: http://www.eham.net/exams/, http://www.qrz.com/ht/, http://aa9pw.com/radio/
- A free license manual for the Technician class: http://www.kb6nu.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/2010_Tech_Study_Guide.pdf
About
Add another tool to your Maker toolkit: an Amateur Radio License. Amateur Radio Operators (Hams) have a long history of "Homebrewing": building their own equipment and experimenting in the hopes of making it work better, and the community has grown a tremendous breadth. There is tremendous overlap between the Ham and the Maker communities.
HacDC has it's own club license: W3HAC, which we originally obtained to use ham radio for position tracking during our balloon flights using APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) on VHF and UHF frequencies; designing and building our own lightweight transmitter for the balloon payload. We have many Hams here, some with quite advanced licenses, and a bi-monthly meeting to discuss technical aspects of radio-based communication and build stuff.