Lake Area Radio Klub (WØWTN) Amateur Radio Class Info

LARK offers training for all license classes.

Our next offering will be TECHNICIAN training beginning Saturday, April 14th, 2018 at 10:00 AM in Classroom B at the Codington County Extension Center, 1910 West Kemp Ave, Watertown, SD. Classes are FREE and open to anyone interested in getting their technician-class amateur radio license. No prerequisites required, and no need to register or RSVP, just show up!

You can Download the slides (posted below) used during the class to pre-study if you'd like to be better prepared.

Saturday, April 21st, 2018
- Class from 10:00 AM to Noon
Saturday, April 28th, 2018
- Class from 10:00 AM to Noon
Saturday, May 5th, 2018
- Class from 10:00 AM to Noon
Saturday, May 12th, 2018
- Class from 10:00 AM to Noon
- VE Testing session at 1:00 PM

For more information about classes or VE testing sessions, please contact us.

Slides used during TECNICIAN class

W5YI-style slides used during the TECH-TO-GENERAL class

Section 1-1: Your Passing CSCE
Section 1-2: Your New General Bands
Section 1-3: FCC Rules
Section 1-4: Be a VE
Section 1-5: Voice Operation
Section 2-1: CW Lives
Section 2-2: Digital Operating
Section 2-3: In An Emergency
Section 2-4: Skywave Excitement
Section 3-1: Your HF Transmitter
Section 3-2: Your Receiver
Section 3-3: Oscillators & Components
Section 3-4: Electrical Principles
Section 4-1: Circuits
Section 4-2: Good Grounds
Section 4-3: HF Antennas
Section 4-4: Coax Cable
Section 4-5: RF & Electrical Safety

W5YI-style slides used during GENERAL-TO-EXTRA class

Section 1: Rules & Regs
Section 2: Skywaves & Contesting
Section 3: Outer Space Comms
Section 4: Visuals & Video Modes
Section 5: Digital Excitement with Computers & Radios
Section 6: Modulate Your Tramsmitters
Section 7: Amps & Power Supplies
Section 8: Receivers with Great Filters
Section 9: Oscillate & Synthesize This!
Section 10: Circuits & Resonance for All!
Section 11: Components in Your New Rig
Section 12: Logically Speaking of Counters
Section 13: Optos & OpAmps Plus Solar
Section 14: Test Gear, Testing, Testing 1, 2, 3
Section 15: Antennas
Section 16: Feedlines & Safety

If you don't have Microsoft PowerPoint to open these files, try the free alternative, OpenOffice.

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