Delta Amateur Radio
Club
2009 Training
Class
Information
This page last modified on 12/19/09
All Delta Club sponsored
training
classes are FREE to anyone interested in obtaining an amateur radio
license.
The only expense incurred by the students is for whatever books, tapes
or other training materials that will be used for the
respective
class and any fees required for the testing session. None of
these
moneys go to the Delta Club.
Delta Amateur Radio Club had a wonderful year in 2009 with 83
students receiving licenses or upgrades in the five license classes
held. Eight of the 46 Technicians were young hams who can keep
our great hobby going for many years to come. One of those young
hams also earned his General license. Thanks go to all of the
volunteers that
helped to make 2009 a great year. The club, wanting to continue
bringing the world of ham radio to more people, is already planning new
classes for 2010. You can check this page regularly for the
latest information regarding class schedules.
Licenses Earned in
2009 from Delta Classes 46
Technician
27 General
10 Extra
Scheduled Classes Extra
Class 1-10 January 16 - February 27, 2010
An Extra Class license class is planned to
begin Saturday January16, 2010 for 6 Saturdays from 9 am to 1 pm except
for January 30th. Tom Fox KA4LQW, Joe Lowenthal WA4OVO and Dean
Honadle N2LAZ will provide the
instruction. Preregistration is required. Send your
registration with name, cell phone number and email address to Joe
Lowenthal at wa4ovo@yahoo.com or call 901-683-2701. After receipt
of your registration request, Joe will send you some Word and PDF files
for your class preparation.
Current Classes
Future
Classes Technician
License Class
No Morse Code Requirement for any
Amateur Radio License.Get your name
on the list for the next class
NOW by sending an email to Joe Lowenthal, WA4OVO. Most of the
technician classes are held one night a week on Monday or Thursday
nights for 5 or 6 weeks. We have also had a 2-day (16 hours
total) weekday class, usually held on a Tuesday and Wednesday. Click
this link to email Joe and get your name on the list for the next
class.
To prepare for the Technician License classes, you will need the latest
copy of "The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual", an ARRL publication (item
#9639/ISBN
0-87259-963-9). You
can obtain the manual directly from the ARRL at www.arrl.org/catalog/, or possibly at
Amazon.com.
You can purchase the manual locally at Barnes & Noble
Booksellers. The retail price is $24.95. The question pool
in "The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual" is valid for FCC exams through
the June 30, 2010 test sessions. The manual is a good reference
guide for future use. As stated at
the top of the page, Delta Club does not charge any fee for the class
but we highly recommend that you purchase the manual and there will be
a fee of $15 for the ARRL FCC examination at the end of the
class.
ARRL, the American Radio Relay League, is the national Amateur Radio
organization, head quartered in Newington, CT. The ARRL web site
is www.arrl.org.
General License Class
For those Novice and Technician licensees that
are interested in upgrading to a General Class license, Delta Club is
planning a General training class in the near future. If you have
let "the code" keep you from advancing to General, now's the time for
you to upgrade. If you have an interest in attending a class to
help you upgrade, click
this link to email Joe Lowenthal, WA4OVO, and let him know.
Check back on this page frequently as class information will be posted
here as soon as a class is scheduled.
Basic Electronics Class
Delta started a Basic Electronics class in
the Fall of 2008. Are you unsure of your electronics and the
mathematics that
go along with calculating the answers for the Extra Class
electronics? If so, you want to get into this class.
If you are interested in
attending such a class, click
this link and let Joe Lowenthal, WA4OVO know of your
interest. Check back on this page frequently as class information
will be posted when a class is scheduled.
Amateur Extra License Class
Have you always wanted to get that Extra Class
license but just couldn't make yourself hit the books and prepare for
it? Delta Club is ready to help. Another Amateur Extra
training class is scheduled for January-February 2010 if
there is enough interest. If
you are interested in attending such a class to gain access to the
entire amateur frequency allocation, click
this link and let Joe Lowenthal, WA4OVO know of your
interest. Check back on this page frequently as class information
will be posted here when a class is scheduled.
Completed Classes
Technician Class 6-09 - November 5-December 10,2009 Tech class 6-09 began November 5th at the
Memphis-Shelby County Health Department East Complex at 1075
Mullins Station Road across
from the Penal
Farm.
Congratulations to Arthur Oliver KJ4RCK, Bill Peck KJ4RCL, Frank Dyer
KJ4RCM, Eric Burrage KJ4RCN, Wayne Burrage KJ4RCO, Richard Garrick
KJ4RCP, Tony Banks KJ4RCQ, Jay Tomasello KJ4RCR and Bradley Willford
KJ4RCS for earning their Technician licenses. Additional
congratulations to Arthur Oliver and Bill Peck who also earned their
General licenses.
Photo: Tech Class 6-09 left rear to front: Elmers Bill Stevens
KI4TQA and Rick Tillman WA4NVM, students Eric Burrage KJ4RCN, Wayne
Burrage KJ4RCO, Tony Banks KJ4RCQ, Arthur Oliver KJ4RCK, Bill
Peck KJ4RCL, Bradley Willford KJ4RCS, Frank
Dyer KJ4RCM, Vernon Maybon, Preston Garrick, Richard
Garrick KJ4RCP and Jay Tomasello KJ4RCR.
Thanks to Win Guin's WCARS VE Team of Win Guin W2GLJ, Bill
Stevens KI4TQA, David Gilbert AJ4LV and Joe Lowenthal WA4OVO for
administering the FCC exams.
Basic Electronics Class 5-09 - October 3-November 7, 2009 The Basic Electronics class, which is a bridge
between the General Class licens and the Extra Class license, began on
October 3 for six Saturdays from 9 am to 1 pm at the
Memphis-Shelby County Health Department East Complex at 1075
Mullins Station Road across
from the Penal
Farm. The course text was the ARRL's Understanding Basic Electronics.
Photo left to right: 1st row-John Parish KD4EUZ, Roger Mayhugh AE5OA,
Dennis Foster KJ4BDU; 2nd row-Deborah Walker KJ4KUN, Greg Gibbs KI4QEN;
3rd row-David Carey KJ4KUR; 4th row-Ray Ware KJ4DUE and Linda Lipscomb
KJ4ELL. Not pictured Sonny Mounicou KF4CLC.
Dean Honadle N2LAZ was the primary instructor. Dennis Foster
KJ4BDU assisted.
Technician-General Class 3-09 - July
2-August 27, 2009
Technician-General class 3-09 was held at the Memphis-Shelby
County Health Department East Complex, 1075 Mullins Station Road across
from the Penal
Farm.
The class ended the fifth week of classes on July 30th with 19 of 20
students earning their Technician license. Congratulations are in
order for Alex Campbell KJ4NWC, Ben Campbell KJ4ND, Trey Campbell
KJ4NWE, Andy Seibert KJ4NWF, Andrea Seibert, KJ4NWG, Cary Seibert
KJ4NWH, Beverly Garrick KJ4NWJ, Altaf Safri KJ4NWP, Rick Pellicciotti
KJ4NWQ, Paul Spring KJ4NWR, Ron Powell KJ4NWS, Susan Powell KJ4NWT,
John Wilkinson KJ4NWU, Terry Mullins KJ4NWV, Jennie Gunn KF5CKZ, Ed
Gunn KF5CLA, Jennifer Mounicou KF5CLB, Sonny Mounicou KF5CLC and Don
Swindal KF5CLD.
Additional congratulations go to Trey Campbell KJ4NWE and Don Swindal
KF5CLD who earned their General license at the same testing session.
Congratulations to Mason Ezell KJ4OKS who earned his Technician license
at the August 11th Delta Club testing session.
Winn Guin W2GLJ, Bill Stevens KI4TQA, Rick Tillman WA4NVM and Joe
Lowenthal WA4OVO were the VEs for the WCARS FCC test session.
Congratulations to Roger Mayhew AE5OA (formerly KD5PNY) who earned his
General license
early at the July 20th Olive Branch ARC test session and his Extra
upgrade at the August 18th OBARC test session.
Left to Right - Andrew Jones KJ4NWN, Lee Roland KF4NWI, Rick
Pellicciotti KJ4NWQ Preston Garrick, Jennie Gunn KF5CKZ, Kelsie Mastin
KJ4OKJ
and Terry Mullins KJ4NWV.
Nine students continued studying for their General license.
The sixth and seventh classes covered additional General
material. The eighth class was a review of the
General question pool with FCC testing on August 27th.
Congratulations to Tim Green KI4HLC, Jennifer Mounicou KF5CLB, Rick
Pelliciotti KJ4NWQ, Altaf Safri KJ4NWP and Paul Spring, KJ4NWR who
upgraded to General. Congratulations to Sonny Mounicou KF5CLC who
upgraded early at the August 18th Delta Club test session and to Jennie
Gunn KE5CKZ who earned her General license at the September 21st
Chickasaw Amateur Radio Association ARRL test session.
Thanks to Tom Fox's VE Team of Tom Fox KA4LWQ, Bill Stevens KI4TQA,
Rick Tillman WA4NVM and Joe Lowenthal WA4OVO for being VEs for the test
session.
Technician
Class 4-09 - July 27 - July 30, 2009
Technician class 4-09 was
a class for home school students in the Memphis area. Five
youngsters plus two adults attended the class at Faith Baptist Church
from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm for the four days. Six students
completed the class, which was arranged by recently licensed Paulette
Mastin KJ4NIN. Joe Lowenthal gave the instruction with the ARRL
King DVD.
Front Left to Right - Ed Krone (formerly WD4SLM), Kelsie Mastin (10)
KJ4OKJ,
Ken Deniston KJ4NWL
Rear Left to Right - Andrew Jones (11) KJ4NWN, Jacob Jones (10) KJ4NWM,
Cody Gembala (12) and Lee Roland (15) KJ4NWI
(Photo by Joe Lowenthal WA4OVO)
The students attended the Technician - General Class 03-09 review and
test session on that stormy Thursday night, July 30th.
Congratulations go to youngsters Lee Roland KJ4NWI, Jacob Jones KJ4NWM,
Andrew Jones KJ4NWN and grandfather Ken Deniston KJ4NWL.
Congratulations also go to fathers David Mastin KJ4NWK and Scott Jones
KJ4NWO who tested with their children. A second congratulation
goes to Lee Roland KJ4NWI who also earned his General license.
Congratulations to Kelsie Mastin KJ4OKJ who tested at the August 11th
Delta Club test session to earn her Technician license.
Additionally, a maintenance employee at Faith Baptist Church, who saw
the Tech class on the schedule, asked Joe Lowenthal about another ham
radio class. With encouragement and guidance, the employee did
self-study using the ARRL King DVD and the Ham Radio License Manual. Congratulations
to Dale Rogers KJ4OKU for earning his Technician license at the August
11th Delta Club test session.
Congratulations to Paulette Mastin KJ4NIN who earned her General
license at a later test session.
Technician-General
Class 2-09 - March 2 - April 20, 2009
A combined Technician-General class was
given on eight Monday nights from 6:15-9:30pm from March 2 through
April 20th at the Memphis-Shelby County Health Department Emergency
Services Training Room at the Mullins Station complex across from the
Penal Farm.
Technician-General Class
2-09
Photo by Joe Lowenthal WA4OVO
The first four classes covered the Technician Class material using
an ARRL DVD plus complimentary General class topics. The fifth
night, March 30 was a Technician question pool review and FCC
testing for Technician. (If you pass the Technician exam you can
take the General exam at no additional cost at this session.
About 60% of the General exam is Technician based material.)
The sixth night covered additional General class topics. The
seventh and eighth classes were a review of the General question
pool and FCC testing on the 20th.
Congratulations go to Debbie Hill KJ4KUM, Dan Bradley KJ4KUO, David
Carey KJ4KUR and Richard Bennett KJ4KUS who earned their Technician
license.
Double congratulations go to Katie Sides KJ4KUL, Deborah Walker
KJ4KUN, Vernell Stepter KJ4KUP and Don Reber N4SOP (formerly
KJ4KUQ) for earning their Technician and General licenses.
Congratulations go to O'Neal Ellis KJ4DXD, David Harbin KJ4JWB, Richard
Martin KJ4DXF, Tom Raggett KJ4LMH (formerly KJ4DXG), Allen Wilkerson
KJ4DXE and David Deatherage N4VKG who upgraded earning their General
licenses.
A special congratulations goes to Ray Ware KJ4DUE who earned his
General license at the March 30th testing and then his Extra Class
license at FreeFest.
Both testing sessions were conducted by Win Guin's VE Team of Win Guin
W2GLJ, Bill Stevens KI4TQA, Rick Tillman WA4NVM and Joe Lowenthal
WA4OVO.
Joe Lowenthal was the primary instructor. Bill
Stevens KI4TQA and Rick Tillman WA4NVM were Elmers.
Congratulations go to Dan Bradley KJ4KUO and Richard Bennett KJ4KUS who
continued to study after the class and upgraded to General. Dan
upgraded at the June 9th Delta Club test session while Richard upgraded
at the August 11th Delta Club test session. Additional
congratulations go to Dan KJ4KUO who continued his studies and earned
his Extra Class license at the CARA (Chickasaw Amateur Radio
Association) August 17th test session at the Lewisburg Fire Station in
Olive Branch, MS. Extra
Class 1-09 - January 10 - February 28, 2009
An Extra Class 01-09 began Saturday January 10
and ended February 28th on 7 Saturdays at the Memphis-Shelby County
Health
Department Emergency Services training room on Mullins Station
Rd. Tom Fox WA4LWQ developed the class outline from the new
Extra Class question pool that became effective July 1, 2008. Tom
Fox and Dean Honadle N2LAZ were the primary instructors. Joe
Lowenthal, WA4OVO and Bill Stevens, KI4TQA were facilitators.
On the first day of Extra Class 1-09 Tom Fox KA4LWQ gave
the introduction
Joe Lowenthal, WA4OVO presented Operating Practices and Rules &
Regulations. Dean Honadle, N2LAZ provided instruction on the
operation of the Casio fx-260 solar calculator. He especially
went over the trig, log and R-P functions. Dean added some
insightful information on the 3-4-5 and the equal sided right triangle
relationships used in the problems on the Extra Class license
exam. Tom and Dean divided presenting the instruction on the
electronics' portion of the classes.
Congratulations to Billy Anderson KJ4FKN, Tom Weatherington KJ4CTV,
James Crouse KG4WJZ, Cliff
Wentworth KJ4CDW, Bill Thorne KJ4YON, Linda Laseter KJ4CTX and Ken
Laseter KI4AOH who earned Extra Class licenses.
Extra Class
01-09
Photo by Joe Lowenthal, WA4OVO
L-R Row 1: Tom Weatherington KJ4CTV, Ken Schlidt N4VSD, James Crouse
KG4WJZ
Kathleen Anderson KC0HZU, Row 2: David Cristil KI4RRM, Jim Sanders
KE5RHM,
Cliff Wentworth K4WNT (formerly KJ4CDW), Row 3: Bill Thorne KI4YON,
Linda Laseter
KJ4CTX, Ken
Laseter KI4AOH, Row 4: Jerry Klein N4POY, Nathan Turner KJ4GZB, Row 5:
Instructor -
Dean Honadle N2LAZ, Dennis Foster KJ4BDU, Row 6: Facilitator - Bill
Stevens KI4TQA
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if you would like to review the training classes that occurred in 2008
Please check back here often
for immediate
updates
on class dates and locations.
