On Saturday, April 10th we had another awesome exam session at the AARC clubhouse that was highlighted by an unusually large number of applicants (six) taking the Element 4 (Amateur Extra) exam.

Congratulations to the following:

Herschel - KB3TRR - Upgraded to Amateur Extra
Charles - New Ham - General - KB3UHQ
Theo - KB3TUR - Upgraded to Amateur Extra
Norman - KB3OLX - Upgraded to Amateur Extra
Gordon - W3MOE - Upgraded to Amateur Extra
Dennis - KB3TRY - Upgraded to General

Another AARC sponsored Technician Course has been successfully completed.

Congratulations to:

Keith (KB3UDM) - Early graduate and upgraded to General
Jacob (KB3UDN) - Early graduate
Dennis (KB3UHR)
Chantel (KB3UHS)
Richard (KB3UHT)
Bill (KB3UHU)

The AARC will offer the General Class Licensing course starting on April 24th.

Hopefully license manuals will be available for pick-up next Saturday (17th)

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There will be no Morse Code Training Class this weekend (Saturday, 3 April) due to Easter Weekend or the following weekend (10 April) due to the scheduled monthly exam session. However, I'm open to doing code practice following the exam session. Let me know - codementor@w3vpr.org

Having said that, I will be at the club house on Saturday (3 April) from 0900-1200 for the students in the Tech class and from Noon until 1300 if anyone is interested in some code practice and drills.

Greetings.

As of today (28 March) there are only 88 days and about 23 hrs to go until we start setting up our Field Day site.

Everything is proceeding according to the plan and we are generally on track according to the planning calendar. We have most if not all of the equipment (radios, shelters, antennas, coax, laptops, generators, fans, and lights) confirmed and we are currently putting together a training schedule for:

• Preparing, raising and taking down the antenna masts
• Using the logging software

Happy Spring!

The ARRL recently introduced a new contest for relatively new hams: The ARRL Rookie Roundup

Visit www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2010/rr.html to see the rules.

This is a pretty interesting and unique contest format:

The contest is conducted three times each calendar year on the third Sunday of April, August and December.

During 2010 that means April 18th, Aug 22nd, and Dec 19th.

Here's another interesting aspect: Each month features a different mode:

April = SSB
Aug = RTTY
Dec = CW

Congratulations AARC!

We are now a recognized 501 C (3) corporation by the IRS.
Thanks for your patience and all your help. Nick N3CK

There will be no Morse Code Training Class this weekend (Saturday, 13 Mar) due to the scheduled monthly exam session.

Students are encouraged to continue working their way through the first 5 character groups using "Method 1".

The "post graduate" students should be breezing through character refresher and doing "Speed Drills".

Greetings!

As you know, we are offering a licensing course for the General class license.

It's free - you just pay for the license manual (at a discounted price if you order it through the club)

It starts April 24th (0900-Noon) and ends June 12th (Just in time for Field Day) http://fieldday.w3vpr.org/

Sign-up using the "Class Sign-up Tool" on the left side of the web page or e-mail Rick aarcpres@comcast.net

License manuals will be available at least a week prior to the start of the course.

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Greetings!

Do you feel the need to expand your horizons?

Is being a "Repeater Rat" not all it was cracked up to be when you started and now has you depressed?

Do you suffer from ham radio "HF Deficiency (HFD)?

Do you want to meet people on the air from around the world? Do you want to have lots of fun and improve your love life?

I'm not sure about improving your love life, but upgrading your Technician license to General class will solve almost all of your problems listed above.