No Code Technician's Class

Amateur Radio Course: No-Code Technician License - Fall 2002
Course Syllabus

WHEN: CLASSES MEET ON THURSDAY NIGHTS FROM 7:30 PM UNTIL 9:30 PM FOR 9 WEEKS - 9/19/02 - 11/14/02. THE LICENSE EXAM WILL BE GIVEN ON 11/21/02 STARTING AT 7:30 PM.

WHERE: MORRIS COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AT THE MORRIS COUNTY FIRE & POLICE TRAINING ACADEMY 500 WEST HANOVER AVENUE PARSIPPANY, NJ.

COME IN THE DRIVEWAY ON THE RIGHT AS YOU FACE THE BUILDING AND PARK ON THE RIGHT.

ENTER THE BUILDING BY THE REAR DOOR NEXT TO THE RADIO TOWER. CLASSES ARE HELD ON THE GROUND FLOOR TO YOUR LEFT.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED: "NOW YOU'RE TALKING!" 4th Edition Published by the ARRL(American Radio Relay League), Newington CT. (Available by mail from the ARRL (WWW.ARRL.ORG) or from the major booksellers & many Radio Shack stores.) A secondary recommended reference is Gordon West's AMATEUR RADIO TECHNICIAN CLASS. (Also available at many Radio Shack stores and many booksellers.)

[ The NOW YOU'RE TALKING book is the book to read if you really want to learn the why & how of beginning Amateur Radio. The West book is the easier, written, source for exams. It contains the Question Pool, answers and explanations, but no theory. WWW.QRZ.COM is a great place to take practice exams that give you a cumulative running score on your computer.]

WEEK 1 SEPTEMBER 19, 2002
  • Who Are You? - Welcome!
  • What would you like to get out of this course?
  • What we'd like to give you with this class.
  • Introduction to Amateur Radio
  • Radio Spectrum and Licensing
  • A typical Technician Class License Exam to take home

 

WEEK 2 SEPTEMBER 26, 2002

READ HOW TO USE THIS BOOK, DISCOVERING AMATEUR RADIO AND CHAPTER 1 OF "NOW YOU'RE TALKING"

  • Federal Communication Commission's Rules
  • Why is there Amateur Radio?
  • The Amateur Service
  • Amateur License Classes
  • Technician Privileges
  • Frequency Sharing
  • You have a License
  • Operating Guidelines
  • Third-Party Communications
  • (N2FGC Traffic Book)
  • Business communications
  • Other Assorted Rules
  • What you will need to take the Technician Exam, Element 2.

 

WEEK 3 October 3, 2002

READ CHAPTER 2 OF "NOW YOU'RE TALKING"

  • OPERATING YOUR AMATEUR STATION - Part 1 - LISTEN FIRST!
  • Operating Skill
  • VHF and UHF FM Repeater Operating
  • SSB Voice Operating
  • Tuning Up
  • Emergency Operations
  • Operating CW
  • Data Communications

 

WEEK 4 OCTOBER 10, 2002

READ CHAPTERS 3 AND 4 OF "NOW YOU'RE TALKING"

  • RADIO PROPAGATION
  • How Signals Travel
  • Propagation on the High Frequency Bands
  • Amateur Satellite Operations
  • Earth-Moon-Earth (Moonbounce) Communications
  • AMATEUR RADIO PRACTICES
  • Home Stations
  • Electrical Safety
  • Using Test Equipment
  • Interference with Other Services

 

WEEK 5 OCTOBER 17, 2002

READ CHAPTERS 5 & 6 OF "NOW YOU'RE TALKING"

  • UNDERSTANDING BASIC ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES
  • Metric System
  • Basic Electrical Principles
  • Electronics Fundamentals
  • Direct and Alternating Current
  • Series and Parallel Circuits
  • Inductance
  • Capacitance
  • Circuit Components
  • PRACTICAL CIRCUITS
  • Basic Station Layout
  • Filters
  • The Simplest Station
  • Station Accessories

 

WEEK 6 OCTOBER 24, 2002

READ CHAPTERS 8 & 9 OF "NOW YOU'RE TALKING"

  • Amateur Radio Signals and Emissions
  • Common Emission Types
  • Bandwidth
  • Spurious Signals
  • Signal Purity
  • Choosing an Antenna
  • Wavelengths
  • Impedance-Matching Devices
  • Practical Antennas
  • Antenna Location
  • Beam Antennas
  • Antenna Polarization
  • Other Types of Beam Antennas

 

WEEK 7 OCTOBER 31, 2002

READ CHAPTERS 6 & 7 OF "NOW YOU'RE TALKING"

  • Circuit Components
  • Practical Circuits
  • Basic Station Layout
  • Filters
  • The Simplest Station
  • Station Accessories
  • Radioteletype and Data Communications

 

WEEK 8 NOVRMBER 7, 2002

READ CHAPTERS 8 & 9 OF "NOW YOU'RE TALKING"

  • Amateur Radio Signals and Emissions
  • Common Emission Types
  • Bandwidth
  • Spurious Signals
  • Signal Purity
  • Choosing an Antenna
  • Wavelengths
  • Impedance-Matching Devices
  • Practical Antennas
  • Antenna Location
  • Beam Antennas
  • Antenna Polarization
  • Other Types of Beam Antennas

 

WEEK 9 November 14, 2002

READ CHAPTERS 10 AND 11 OF "NOW YOU'RE TALKING"

  • RF ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY PRACTICES
  • RF Radiation and Electromagnetic Field Safety
  • Limiting RF Exposure
  • FCC MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE (MPE) LIMITS
  • Selecting Your Equipment
    • VHF and UHF
    • HF Equipment

 

Week 10 NOVEMBER 21, 2002

 

FCC Exam (see Note to Right) 
Same time and place as classes

 Identification

No one may take an amateur exam for another person.  Therefore, the FCC requires that the VE team check a candidate's identification before allowing the candidate to sit for an exam. The candidate must normally present a legal photo ID. This is usually a driver's license, but it can be a passport or another legal identification card with the candidate's photo on it. (Radiotelegraph licenses may also be used. More on these shortly.) When no photo ID is available, the candidate must present any two of the following items:

• Nonphoto ID/driver's license (some states still have them);

• Social Security Card (as FCC now requires each applicant to supply a taxpayer ID number) • Birth certificate (must have the appropriate seal); • Minor's work permit or school report card;

• Utility bill, bank statement or other business correspondence that specifically names the person; or

 • Postmarked envelope addressed to the person at his or her current mailing address as it appears on the Form 605.

 

 

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