Good morning Just to create some activity, I just held another class this weekend ( 3rd so far this year) Just had 28 people pass their exam out of 30 people...
Great work! We had ten in our One-Day Tech Class Saturday. Eight out of ten passed the test. The two that didn't pass were a teenager and his grandmother. They...
We've done 3 classes since last November in central Nebraska--one in Grand Island (my home) with 10 new licensees, another in Columbus, NE with 20 (Columbus is...
Hey.....different strokes for different folks. :) It would be interesting to do some research on how active the graduates from the two different types of...
I can give some information from NTX. About 25%-50% will buy Amateur Radio equipment. about 25% will become "active" in a local club. By Active I mean...
... I believe it depends on the expectations of the participants. I am involved with a group of motorcyclists who took the tech one day course to be able to...
Hello HAM Instructors! I need your advice. There are some CERTers, some Scouters, and some church leaders interested in becoming HAMs but many of them don't...
Study materials for self directed instruction have been available for decades. An example is here: http://www.w5yi.org/catalog.php?sort=4 73. Don. W6YN ... ...
John I have my study materials online @ http://www.rtsi.com/~HRInstructor There is a study guide as well as a Power Point presentation. I used these along...
... I used HamTest-Online to study for both General and Extra. A two year subscription for the Tech Course is $24.95. (You can get all three courses for...
I would also point them to my website, www.kb6nu.com/tech-manual. There are links to both my Tech and General study guides, both of which are free for...
There are many fine references available. I teach active classes for Middle and High school aged students - as well as their parents. I have pretty much...
I have put the question pools in PowerPoint drills. They are not designed to teach but to provide drill to assist in passing the exams. There are 2 zip files...
Evelyn, K7EVE Technician PowerPoint exam drill zip files appear to be corrupted. I've tried multiple times to download them and they won't open after download...
In Meridian MS we use the ARRL Manuals for the Tech. classes we conduct with very high pass rates. We use a Power Point presentation based on the PP included...
For the past three years, we've been having people read the questions and just right answers, and take the exam before they can forget anything; the pass rate...
Congratulations Norm! I am surprised and proud of you for doing the follow-up classes. That seems to be a great plan. William A. Collister N7MOG _____ From:...
Norm, Sounds interesting. What kind of turnout do you get on the follow up classes? How long after the one day class do you do the follow up classes? How...
We run the first follow-up class about 3 weeks after the licensing session, giving people time to catch up on things they postponed to study for their license,...
Hi, guys-- This seems relevant to ham radio education, so I'm posting this to the list. On Linked In's ARRL Ham Radio Operators Group, there's a discussion...
Fellow instructors, As we gear up to make a new study guides, presentations and practice tests based on the future Technicians question pool I would like your...
Paul, Interesting question; I like the questions for vhf & up to resolve to inches… why? A meter is approximately 39”; 2 meters (146MHz) is 78” or a ¼...
In the field, and in a tech class - I like to keep it simple. 234/f, period. Even for dipoles (it's not a 1/2 wave, it's two 1/4 waves base to base is the...
I would certainly use them. One of the problems that I am seeing in newly licensed Hams is that they are not conversant in theory or practical matters of the...
Paul, I agree with others, these questions are fine as they stand. Inches, imho, are appropriate for VHF/UHF. My tape measure is in inches and 1/2", 1/4", 1/8"...
Hi Paul, I feel these questions would be practical for use in the field. In the field, I would use the traditional equations: 234/f and 468/f and then...
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