Hosted by:

• East Bay Amateur Radio Club (EBARC)
• Oakland Radio Communication Association (ORCA)
  
• Amateur Radio Club of Alameda (ARCA)
  

EBARC, ORCA and ARCA are pleased to inform you of our upcoming Technician level class scheduled to begin Tuesday April 8th, 2008.

This class is not your typical “Ham Cram” style class, but instead will provide the opportunity to learn about Amateur Radio as well as preparing you for the entry level technician License.

Start Date: Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Time: 1900 to 2130 local time

Frequency: Weekly

Duration: 5 weeks

Location: Alvarado School - 5625 Sutter Ave., Richmond, CA 94804 (map)

Phone: 510-559-2660

Text: The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual (Technician) (Available from the American Radio Relay League, Ham Radio Outlet - Oakland,  or at the first class)

Cost: Class is free, ARRL manual is $25

Registration: On site at the first session

Test Session: 7pm (PDT), Tuesday May 13th, 2008 at Alvarado School, 5625 Sutter Ave., Richmond CA 94804 (map)

Test Fee: $14

Contact: Randy Jenkins, KA6BQF (ka6bqf@arrl.net) 510 526-4089

VE TEST Sessions

ARCA, EBARC, and ORCA sponsor joint ARRL VEC Amateur Radio Test Sessions quarterly (4/27, 7/27, 10/26) at 0900 hours. Exams are held at Fire Station #1 Media Room, 1605 Martin Luther King at

MDARC holds VE test sessions on the 3rd Friday of the month, 1800 hours local, at Our Savior’s

Lutheran
Church, 
1035 Carol Lane Lafayette, CA

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“I Can’t Afford to Join the ARRL.”
By Sherri Brower, W4STB

Most of us manage to afford things that last a lot less time than a
year’s membership to an important organization. Basic membership in
the ARRL is $39.00 per year. It’s about twice the amount of one
year’s dues for a local radio club. It’s about average for other
national organizations. It’s less than one cup of coffee per week
for a year, less than a month of cable television service, and less
than most monthly cell phone bills.

It’s not the “afford” that we should be concerned about. Rather it’s
the value for that $39.00.

What do you get for the dues? You get a full year’s membership, a
monthly magazine, e-mail newsletters delivered straight to your
inbox, a package of services that you can personally use, a cadre of
volunteers in your local area to assist you with a variety of amateur
radio matters and activities, a voice in Congress, specialists at
Headquarters, and much more.

When you pay the yearly dues you can often choose a gift of a
publication or you can pay through your local club. Did know that
the local affiliated club can retain a portion of the dues to use in
your local area? The club can keep $15.00 for a new member and $2.00
for each renewal application.

The ARRL is an association of amateur radio enthusiasts joined
together by a common interest and a voice — a voice that protects
our frequencies and provides the insurance for us to remain active on
the radio. Other organizations– labor, farmers, merchants,
hobbyists, companies — join together to increase their
effectiveness. Why not hams?

ARRL — a great value. Join TODAY.

(This is the first in a series of articles featuring ARRL benefits.
The ARRL Public Relations Committee will be providing these articles
Sherri Brower - W4STB, Southern Florida Section Manager and Chairman, ARRL
Public Relations Committee)

Training Class

Hosted by East Bay Amateur Radio Club, Oakland Radio Communications Association, Amateur Radio Club of Alameda,
and West Contra Costa Adult Education.

If you are interested in obtaining the entry level Amateur Radio License which is granted by the FCC please attend this class.

Starting: Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Time: 7pm to 9:30pm

Duration: 8 weeks - April 18th through June 6th

Text: The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual, 1st Edition
(available at HRO or at 1st class)

Location: Alvarado School, 5625 Sutter Avenue, Richmond, CA.
(See map: http://www.wccae.info/alvarado_directions.htm)

Cost: Class is free, text is $25 and license test is $14

Final class period will be a VE session just for the Technician license exam.

For more information call: John Wood, N6JDW, 510.741.7050 evenings, john@otherlife.net