CLASS NAME: FCC Amateur Radio (Ham Radio) Technician Licensing Class
DESCRIPTION: This course will teach you what you need to know in order to get your first FCC Amateur Radio license. In addition to being a great hobby, there is a serious side as well - when ham radio becomes a public service. When emergencies strike, ham operators are at their best. Ham radios, often, are the only means of communications following a disaster where they continually keep emergency responders in contact with many necessary resources.
Ham operators also provide communications support for many blue-sky/normal day events such as bike rides, marathons and parades. Morse code is NOT required for this course. We will have a team on Sunday to administer the FCC licensing exam. Please bring $15.00 CASH ONLY for the testing/licensing session. Please read the additional information.
PRE-REQUISITE: None
TARGET AUDIENCE:
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: We will be working out of the 2018-2022 Technician Class FCC Element 2 Amateur Radio License Preparation book written by Gordon West, WB6NOA. This book contains the complete 423-question FCC Element 2 question pool effective July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2022. It is not required, but highly encouraged that students purchase this book prior to class as it not only contains the question pool with the answers for the exam, it contains an explanation for each of the questions.
The FCC question pool without the explanations can also be found online for free at http://www.ncvec.org/page.php?id=369 . Students will also need to apply for a free FCC Registration Number (FRN number). This will be used in lieu of your Social Security number. You can apply for an FRN number by going to: https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/userLogin.do.
Please bring your lunch each day, the EOC has a cafeteria with refrigerator, microwave, toaster-oven and vending machines.
REGISTRATION:
Registration is being done through SERT Trac. This link will take you to the page to login and provide you with instructions on how to register if you are a new user. Once you have created a profile and logged in, click on “Browse Calendar”, then click on August 2019 and look for the class on August 3rd and 4th. You can then apply for the class.
https://trac.floridadisaster.org/trac/loginform.aspx
LOCATION:
Broward County Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
201 NW 84 Ave.
Plantation, FL 33324
DATES: Saturday, August 3, 2019 and Sunday, August 4, 2019
TIME: 9:00AM to 5:00PM each day
POINT OF CONTACT (POC):
Carol Sjursen, KJ4AWB
954-803-6338 (mobile)
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| Event Date | 08-03-2019 9:00 am |
| Event End Date | 08-04-2019 5:00 pm |
| Location | Broward EOC |