Delta Amateur Radio
Club
2008 Training
Class
Information
This page last modified on 03/23/08
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 record year for both the number of
classes held and for the number of new hams that those classes brought
into the community. Thanks go to all of the volunteers that
helped to make 2007 a great year. The club, wanting to continue
bringing the world of ham radio to more people is already planning new
classes for this year. You can check this page regularly for the
latest information regarding class schedules.
Current Classes - None
at this time
Scheduled Classes
Technician Class 4-08 - March 31-May 5, 2008
An
Amateur Radio Technician license class is scheduled for Monday evenings
March
31st through May 5th at the Memphis-Shelby County Health
Department
Emergency Services Training Room W-204/206, 1075 Mullins Station Road.
The 6
classes will be from 6-9pm.
There is
no charge for the class, but registration is required. Advanced study
of The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual is
highly suggested as well as study of the 392 question and answer
Technical
Class License question pool. Memphis Amateur, 1465 Wells Station Rd,
683-9125
is a local ham radio store that sells the manuals.
Practice
tests on the www.qrz.com website are
highly
recommended. To access the sample tests, scroll down and click on
Practice
Tests on the left side of the QRZ home page.
The
35-question FCC exam will be given at the end of class by the ARRL
Volunteer
Examiner team. There is a $14.00 exam fee.
For more
information or registration, email to Joe Lowenthal WA4OVO at wa4ovo@yahoo.com
or call 901-683-2701 giving your name, phone number(s) and email
address.
General
Class 5-08 - April 5-26, 2008
An
Amateur Radio General license class is scheduled for Saturdays, April
5th,
19th, and 26th, 2008 at the Memphis-Shelby County Health
Department
Emergency Services Training Room W-204/206, 1075 Mullins Station Road.
The 3
classes will be from 8am-5pm. The ARRL
General Class License Manual, 6th Edition will
be the text used.
The
35-question FCC exam will be given at the end of class by the ARRL
Volunteer
Examiner team. There is a $14.00 exam fee.
For more
information or registration, email to Joe Lowenthal WA4OVO at wa4ovo@yahoo.com
or call 901-683-2701 giving your name, phone number(s) and email
address.
Future Classes
Technician License Class
Get your name on the list for the next class
NOW by sending an email to Joe Lowenthal, WA4OVO. 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
available at Memphis Amateur Electronics, Inc., 1465 Well Station Road,
Memphis, TN 38108-3695, phone (800)238-6168 or (901)683-9125. You
can also obtain the manual directly from the ARRL (item #9639/ISBN
0-87259-963-9) at www.arrl.org/catalog/.
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 $14 for the ARRL FCC examination at the end of the
class. You can purchase the manual at Memphis Amateur Electronics
for $24.58 ($22.50 + tax) if you tell them that you are taking the
Delta Club training class. The normal price for the book is
$24.95 and if you order it online from the ARRL, it is $24.95 plus
shipping and handling.
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.
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 will be scheduled 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 3-08 - March 11-12, 2008
An
Amateur Radio Technician License class in conjunction with Baptist
Hospital is
was conducted Tuesday and Wednesday, March 11th and 12th
at Baptist Hospital Collierville. The 2-day 8:00am to 5:00pm class had
5 students.
Two of the students were from Baptist Lauderdale in Ripley, TN.
Of the
five students, four tested and are now hams. Congratulations to
Jon Vandiveer KJ4CQW, Don Dover KJ4CQX, Denise Ganucheau KJ4CQY, and
James Karr
KJ4CQZ.
Amateur
Extra 1-08 - January 19 thru March, 2008
An
Amateur Extra class was held on six Saturdays from 9am to
1pm with 11 students at the
Memphis-Shelby County Health Department training room on Mullins
Station Road.
The class also toured the Shelby County 911 operations center.
The students were Ken Burnum KD5LHG,
Gilbert Cronin
KI4VCN, Ken Johnson KB0ZTX, Tim Jones N5PYQ, Jerry Klein N4POY, Jeff
Krause
KI4OTE, Pervis Milnor KI4ZDD, Steve Rutledge N4JQQ, Keith Shook KI4OTB,
Bill
Stevens KI4TQA, and Carl Todd KJ4AJE.

Pat Lane W4OQG
providing instruction on how to read the scope when using a time domain
reflectometer to find a problem on a transmission line.

Extra Class Exam
session with VEs Tom Fox KA4LWQ, Ray Wilson N4ARH, and Scott Vanzandt
N2WMD in
the back Photo by Joe Lowenthal WA4OVO
Congratulations to
Gilbert Cronin KI4VCN, Ken Johnson
KB0ZTX, Steve Rutledge N4JQQ, Keith Shook KI4OTB, Bill Stevens KI4TQA,
and Carl
Todd KJ4JE for passing their Extra Class exam that was given on the
last day of
class. We expect the other five students to pass their exam at the next
Delta
Club test session.
Thanks to the Delta
Club VE Team of Tom Fox KA4LWQ, Ray
Wilson N4ARH, Scott Vanzandt N2WMD, and Joe Lowenthal WA4OVO for
administering
the test on Saturday, March 1st.
Technician
Class 2-08
– January
22 – February 12, 2008
The
second Technician
License Class was held in conjunction with FedEx Retirees Club ended
February
12th at the VA Medical Center. The class ended with two students who
will take
their tests at a later date due to conflicts in schedules. One veteran,
Allen
Whitman N4CPX upgraded to General.
Billl
Stevens KI4TQA, Russ Myers WD4JHD, Rick Tillman WA4NVM, and Joe
Lowenthal
WA4OVO were the facilitators,

From Left to Right:
Rick Tillman WA4nvm, Joe
Lowenthal WA4OVO, Ken Pfohl KI4VCL, Russ Myers WD4JHD,
Bill Stevens KI4TQA,
Othis Gibson, and Allen Whitman N4CPX
COMPLETED
CLASSES IN 2007
During
2007 we
had 6 Technician classes with 68 new hams and a General class with 18
new
Generals. Thanks to everyone who made 2007 such a successful year for
Amateur
Radio in the Memphis area. We must give credit to the students,
instructors,
Elmers, ARRL, Joan Thorne’s Delta Club ARRL VE teams, and Win Guin’s
WCARS VE
teams. We must also thank the organizations that have provided training
and
testing facilities during the year - Ellendale Church of Christ, the
Germantown
Police Department, Baptist Hospital Collierville, Memphis-Shelby County
Health
Department Emergency Services Department, Germantown Baptist Church,
and the VA
Medical Center.
Click this link
if you would like to review the training classes that occurred in 2007
Please check back here often
for immediate
updates
on class dates and locations.
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