LICENSING COURSE
Columbus County Amateur Radio Society to Offer Licensing Course
The Columbus County Amateur Radio Society, a group of local “Ham” radio operators, will be sponsoring a class to interest people in amateur radio as a hobby and to prepare them for the licensing exam. The class will be held on four nights this coming October at the Columbus County Emergency Services office at 608 N. Thompson Street in Whiteville. The dates will be October 16, 17, 23, and 24 at 7-9 pm each night.
There is no cost for the course, and interested individuals should contact David Jordan at 910-770-6828 by October 15 to register.
The Columbus County Amateur Radio Society also invites anyone interested in “Ham” radio to come to their next monthly meeting which will be October 18 at 7 P.M. in the county office of Emergency Services. The club meets the third Thursday night of each month throughout the year, and anyone interested in Amateur Radio is invited to attend.
Amateur radio is hobby radio that allows licensed participants to communicate with each other by short wave radio on frequencies designated by the Federal Communications Commission. Amateur Radio is sometimes called “Ham” radio and was started in the early 1900s by radio pioneers who were experimenting with two-way communications using electronics.
The hobby is regulated in the United States by the Federal Communications Commission, and Ham Radio Operators must have a license issued by the FCC to operate radio equipment. Currently, three license classes exist, and to get a license, participants must pass an FCC exam on electronics and two-way radio operations procedures. The license classes are Technician, General, and Extra Class.
Ham Radio is often called “short wave” radio because operation on the short wave radio bands makes possible long distance, world- wide, two-way communications, which is the hallmark of amateur radio. When atmospheric conditions allow, Hams can talk with each other across many thousands of miles. Radio amateurs in North Carolina may talk with other hams not only in other states but in foreign countries.
Radio amateurs often provide emergency communications following natural disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes, which often knockout landline and cell phone communications for hours and days. In many communities the amateur radio operators provide emergency communications for government agencies and relief organizations until normal forms of communications are restored.
Radio amateurs provided valuable emergency communications after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and after the fall of the World Trade Center in New York. There is also an amateur radio station aboard the International Space Station, and many of the American astronauts are licensed amateur radio operators.
For Additional Information Please Call:
David Jordan
Columbus County Amateur Radio Society
910.770.6828
[email protected]
The Columbus County Amateur Radio Society, a group of local “Ham” radio operators, will be sponsoring a class to interest people in amateur radio as a hobby and to prepare them for the licensing exam. The class will be held on four nights this coming October at the Columbus County Emergency Services office at 608 N. Thompson Street in Whiteville. The dates will be October 16, 17, 23, and 24 at 7-9 pm each night.
There is no cost for the course, and interested individuals should contact David Jordan at 910-770-6828 by October 15 to register.
The Columbus County Amateur Radio Society also invites anyone interested in “Ham” radio to come to their next monthly meeting which will be October 18 at 7 P.M. in the county office of Emergency Services. The club meets the third Thursday night of each month throughout the year, and anyone interested in Amateur Radio is invited to attend.
Amateur radio is hobby radio that allows licensed participants to communicate with each other by short wave radio on frequencies designated by the Federal Communications Commission. Amateur Radio is sometimes called “Ham” radio and was started in the early 1900s by radio pioneers who were experimenting with two-way communications using electronics.
The hobby is regulated in the United States by the Federal Communications Commission, and Ham Radio Operators must have a license issued by the FCC to operate radio equipment. Currently, three license classes exist, and to get a license, participants must pass an FCC exam on electronics and two-way radio operations procedures. The license classes are Technician, General, and Extra Class.
Ham Radio is often called “short wave” radio because operation on the short wave radio bands makes possible long distance, world- wide, two-way communications, which is the hallmark of amateur radio. When atmospheric conditions allow, Hams can talk with each other across many thousands of miles. Radio amateurs in North Carolina may talk with other hams not only in other states but in foreign countries.
Radio amateurs often provide emergency communications following natural disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes, which often knockout landline and cell phone communications for hours and days. In many communities the amateur radio operators provide emergency communications for government agencies and relief organizations until normal forms of communications are restored.
Radio amateurs provided valuable emergency communications after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and after the fall of the World Trade Center in New York. There is also an amateur radio station aboard the International Space Station, and many of the American astronauts are licensed amateur radio operators.
For Additional Information Please Call:
David Jordan
Columbus County Amateur Radio Society
910.770.6828
[email protected]
Upcoming Activities
* Ongoing - each Monday at 2030 hours EDT: 2-meter net ragchew on 147.210 MHz.
* Saturday 13 October 2012 at 0800 hours: Club breakfast at Southern Sizzler.
* Thursday 18 October 2012 at 1900 hours: Club meeting at the EOC in Whiteville.
The SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TRAFFIC NET meets every night at 2000 on frequency 147.045+ MHz. The purpose of this net is to pass traffic, provide communications during emergencies, provide training in all aspects of net operations; serve as a forum for discussion, and to foster fellowship among radio amateurs.
* Saturday 13 October 2012 at 0800 hours: Club breakfast at Southern Sizzler.
* Thursday 18 October 2012 at 1900 hours: Club meeting at the EOC in Whiteville.
The SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TRAFFIC NET meets every night at 2000 on frequency 147.045+ MHz. The purpose of this net is to pass traffic, provide communications during emergencies, provide training in all aspects of net operations; serve as a forum for discussion, and to foster fellowship among radio amateurs.