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SIGN UP FOR HAM LICENSE CLASSES BELOW!



Wazzzat? You're under 18 years of age and you want
your own Amateur Radio (HAM) License? Well
you're in luck! Not only is DARC
going to be offering classes for all ages,
but check the below news out from ARRL about cost
savings for your under 18 age group!

Beginning April 19, 2022, ARRL will cover the one-time $35 application fee for new license candidates younger than 18-years old for tests administered under the ARRL Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (ARRL VEC) program. The $35 FCC application fee will be reimbursed after the ARRL VEC receives the completed reimbursement form and the new license has been issued by the FCC. The reimbursement check will be mailed to the fee payer. Also, candidates younger than 18-years old would pay a reduced exam session fee of $5 to the ARRL VEC VE team at the time of the exam. The $5 fee is for all candidates under the age of 18 regardless of the exam level taken. Proof of under 18 status is required at the session.

Source and further info:

http://www.arrl.org/youth-licensing-grant-programo:

What? You're 18 or older?
Still perfect timing for you!
(Although Normal Fees!)


You'll find everything you need to know to sign up for DuPage Amateur Radio Club's (DARC)
annual winter FCC License Classes which are held in Jan, Feb, and the first week or so of March each year, right here on this page.

Any Questions About our License Classes
contact: Jonathan Dickerson kd9qkq@yahoo.com


Technician Class License
This is the entry level license for Amateur Radio where
you will learn the fundamentals of this hobby. 
It’s the place to get started!
Free classes will start January 13, 2024 and run until March 2, 2024.
You will need a book "The ARRL Radio License Manual,
5th Edition," which is available at Amazon for about $30. The photo of the book (up and left) and the Title Text (below) are both links to Amazon
and they take you right to the page where you can order the manual if
you want to get a head start! Or you can get it elsewhere. Just make sure
its the 5th Edition. Spiral Bound is about 29.99, paperback around 19.95
“The ARRL Radio License Manual, 5th Edition”
Click if you want to go to Amazon to purchase it.

YOU MUST REGISTER FOR THE CLASS
Registration is FREE
This classes (also free) will be held at the
Westmont Fire Department Station #2
500 N Cass Ave., Westmont 9:00 am until noon.
All tests are $15.00 payable at exam time!
PARKING is on the South Side of the Building and in the library
parking lot to the south of the Fire Station.
DO NOT PARK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING!
The classroom is on the lower level accessible by the Main Entrance
on the East Side of the building.

contact
kd9qkq@yahoo.com (Jonathan)
to find out about registering, or to get answers to any questions or concerns,
Be sure to check on this website (Education Tab), and/or the home page too.




The General License
The General License gives you more operating privileges and frequencies
to operate on , and covers some basic electronics theory which you will encounter as you grow into the hobby. You will be able to make contacts
using Morse Code, Voice, and Digital modes.
Classes will begin January 6, 2024 and meet every Saturday
through March 2nd. You will need the book,
"The ARRL General Class License Manual, 9th Edition," (up and left)
which is available on Amazon for about $33.00 The photo
of the book and the Title Text
(below) are both links that will take you directly to
the page on Amazon where you can purchase the Manual.
Nothing says you can't get a head start by ordering the book now!
Or you can get your class textbook anywhere you like,
just make sure its the 10th Edition!

All tests are $15.00 payable at exam time!

YOU MUST REGISTER FOR THE CLASS
Registration is FREE
This classes (also free) will be held at the
Westmont Fire Department Station #2
500 N Cass Ave., Westmont 9:00 am until noon.
PARKING is on the South Side of the Building and in the library
parking lot to the south of the Fire Station.
DO NOT PARK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING!
The classroom is on the lower level accessible by the Main Entrance
on the East Side of the building.

contact
kd9qkq@yahoo.com (Jonathan)



Extra Class License

The Extra Class License gives you all the Amateur Radio
operating privileges allowed by The Federal Communications
Commission (FCC). It is the highest level license in Amateur Radio, with an emphasis on electronics and radio communications theory. Classes will meet beginning 0n
January 6, 2024 Test Date is 3/2/24
Registration and classes are free!

You'll need this book, (the photo above and left is a clickable link
to Amazon where you buy the textbook). Or click the title
text below. Or you can buy yours
anywhere just make sure its the 12th Edition!

“The ARRL Extra Class License Manual, 12th  Edition”

It is available from Amazon for about $30. 
The photo of the book (upper left) is a link to Amazon
(so is the title above). Click on either to go
there and purchase the book if you like.
Nothing says you can't get the book now and give
yourself a head start! After the last class DARC will conduct an
in-person testing session.
All tests are $15.00 payable at exam time!

YOU MUST REGISTER FOR THE CLASS
Registration is FREE
This classes (also free) will be held at the
Westmont Fire Department Station #2
500 N Cass Ave., Westmont 9:00 am until noon.
PARKING is on the South Side of the Building and in the library
parking lot to the south of the Fire Station.
DO NOT PARK ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING!
The classroom is on the lower level accessible by the Main Entrance
on the East Side of the building.

contact
kd9qkq@yahoo.com (Jonathan)
to find out about registering, or to get answers to any questions or concerns,
Be sure to check on this website (Education Tab), and/or the home page too


Below: Test Day! No Sweat!

 



 



Beofeng

OK, how many of you have been telling others that the
reason you're losing your hair is because of a rare
tropical disease that has stymied your doctor...

...when in reality, you've been pulling your hair out trying
to program your BAOFENG H-T?
Well, just in time to help save your tonsorial assets,

we have MURRAY
W9EHQ's 
BAOFENG  UV-5R

       PROGRAMMING SEQUENCE

-----------------------------------------------

Using the radio’s keypad, the example here will be to program the DARC 2mtr rptr into memory chan. 50.  Buttons pressed will be in RED.  I am sure there more ways to skin a cat, but this works for me.

 

 

Turn on radio

 

With  VFO/MR  select “freq. mode”

With  A/B, move cursor to upper display

With  BAND  select VHF or UHF (in this case…VHF)

With  NUMERIC KEYPAD  enter desired RECEIVE freq. (in this case  145.430 )

 

Press  MENU  + 2  +  MENU 

With  UP/DOWN ARROWS  select HIGH or LOW POWER

Press  MENU  +  EXIT  (radio voice confirms selection)

 

Press  MENU  +  5  +  MENU 

With  UP/DOWN ARROWS  select WIDE

Press  MENU  +  EXIT  (radio voice confirms selection)

 

Press  MENU  +  1  +  3  +  MENU

With  UP/DOWN ARROWS  select PL FREQ.  (in this case, 107.2)

Press  MENU  +  EXIT  (radio voice confirms selection)

 

Press  MENU  +  2  +  5  +  MENU

With  UP/DOWN ARROWS  select OFFSET DIRECTION  (in this case  - )

Press  MENU  +  EXIT  (radio voice confirms selection)

 

Press  MENU  + 2  +  6  +  MENU

With  NUMERIC KEYPAD  enter OFFSET FREQ  (in this case  00.600)

Press  MENU  +  EXIT  (radio voice confirms selection)

 

Press  MENU  +  2  +  7  +   MENU

With  NUMERIC KEYPAD  select memory channel location  (in this case  50 )

Press  MENU  +  EXIT   (radio voice confirms RECEIVING memory channel)

 

With  NUMERIC KEYPAD  enter desired TRANSMIT freq.  (in this case  144.830)

Press  MENU + 2 + 7 + MENU + MENU + EXIT  (radio voice confirms XMIT freq)

 

Programming complete for this channel. Now to display what you have done…..

 

With  VFO/MR  select Channel mode in upper display

(1) Press  A/B  to move cursor to upper display

Press  UP/DOWN  ARROWS to select Channel # desired

(2) Press  A/B  to move cursor to lower display

Press  UP/DOWN ARROWS to select same channel # as displayed in upper display

(this Chan. # will be the small # to the right of the Freq. display)

So when the Channel # (top display) and the channel # next to freq. (bottom display)

agree, you now know what freq is in that particular memory channel.

Note: items 1 & 2 above can be reversed if you forget what is in each memory channel but know the freq. you want.

 

Also note: Assuming your channel# (upper display) and corresponding freq. for that channel (lower display) match, with the cursor is next to the channel #, the freq. displayed on the bottom display will be the RECEIVE freq. ,even when you transmit.  However, if the cursor is next to the bottom freq. display, and an offset freq. has been programmed, when you transmit, the TRANSMIT freq. will be displayed.

 

Good Luck!
  Thanks to Murray, W9EHQ

 

 
for easy to read .pdf file of these instructions!

 

Learn How to Solder PL-259 Connectors
with DARC's own Murray, W9EHQ!

 

 

Want to learn about Antenna Planning for Small HF Stations (and even larger ones)?

Click the box below to download a POWER POINT
of Jim Brown's Wonderful
Power Point Lesson about the subject.
 
Don't have POWER POINT? Click the button below
for a .PDF Version of the Power Point!
 
Thanks to Jim Brown K9YC
Check out all his stuff at
 http://k9yc.com/publish.htm

Are you interested in Propagation and Antennas?
If so, join the Navy, they're interested too!
So much so that the link below will take you to
part of a Naval Course for Electronics Techs
and you might find it very interesting!


And another shout out and "Thanks" to
The Villages Amateur Radio Club 
©2021 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
For their permission to link to items on their
very nicely done website - nice work by

K4VRC

Rich Erlichman

 


 

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