Glendora Emergency Response Communications

REGISTER FOR THE 2012 TECHNICIAN LICENSE CLASS!

Technician Licensing Class Information:

 HAM RADIO - USE IT TO COMMUNICATE DURING EMERGENCIES!

 We invite you to get your Technician level amateur (ham) radio license!  Morse code is no longer required. You will receive instruction from experienced ham operators, who are eager to help you learn!

Class size is limited so sign up today!  Registration deadline is Wednesday, April 11, 2012.

LOCATION:

Both class sessions and the license exam will be held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2121 East Route 66, Glendora, CA. 91741. We will be meeting in the multi-purpose room, next to the kitchen, on the east side of the building.

DATES: 

The class sessions will be held Friday April 20, 2012from 6:30 pm to 9 pm and Saturday April 21, 2012from 8 am to 3:30 pm.   Continental breakfast and lunch served on Saturday.

The Technician License exam will be Wednesday, April 25, 2012 starting at 6:00 pm until the last examinee is finished. No walk-ins please. 

COST:

Instruction and materials - FREE

ARRL/FCC Element 2 Exam - $15.00

Continental Breakfast - $5.00

Lunch  and Snacks - $10.00

HOW TO PROCEED:

1. Go to Pages & Links on this website and print the following:

       "Technician Class Flyer"

       "Technician Class Registration Form"

       "Technician Class Information - What is Ham Radio?"

       "Technician Test Question Pool Study Guide"

2. Fill out the registration form and send it along with your check to:

         Jim Dowdle, Technician Class Coordinator

         P.O. Box 1835

         Glendora, CA 91740-1835

3. Practice, practice, practice!  Begin now to study and take  the 35 question Technician License sample exams online at www.qrz.com. You will soon see that passing the exam is a snap! 

4. Come to our class! We will review and explain all 394 questions in the FCC Technician License Question Pool! 

5. Take the 35 question FCC Technician License Exam. The test session is Wednesday April 25^th, starting at 6:30 pm. It usually takes under an hour to complete the exam. Be on time! Passing is 26 correct answers or better.  No “walk ins” please. Technician Element 2 Exam only. 

NEED MORE INFORMATION?  Contact Jim Dowdle, KG6TQT at jandmdowdle@gmail.com or call 626-335-8500 or contact Mark Hayden, N7YLA class instructor at realweather@gmail.com or call 626-963-5085.

                      WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOU ON THE AIR!

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Our Mission Statement

The mission of the Glendora Emergency Response Communications group, herein known as GERC, is to unite those amateur radio operators who have a common interest in communications, specifically to provide training, support and encouragement to radio amateurs who wish to serve as emergency communicators for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS).

The Glendora Emergency Response Communications  Net and Roundtable meets Tuesdays at 8:30 pm local time except on the 3rd Tuesday when we have a meeting at 2121 E. Rte. 66 in Glendora at 7:00 pm, room 5. Visitors welcome!  Our Net frequency is 146.715 MHz. All hams are welcome! 

Join the GERC Net for worldwide communications!  

All licensed ham operators are invited to check in to our Tuesday 2030 hrs PDT (0330 UTC) GERC Net which is held simultaneously on 146.715 MHz  and Echolink node # 358124. EchoLink^® is a VoIP software that allows licensed Amateur Radio stations to communicate with one another over the Internet, using streaming-audio technology.  Echolink allows worldwide connections to be made between stations, or from computer to station, greatly enhancing Amateur Radio's communications capabilities.  There are more than 200,000 validated users worldwide — in 162 of the world's 193 nations — with about 5,000 online at any given time.

In addition, registered GERC hams in the Glendora, California area may use special DTMF keypad tones to access the time, current weather, five day weather forecast, weather alerts, NASA audio feeds, and communicate with stations worldwide over their handheld radios.   

For more information about how you can have this access contact the GERC coordinator, Mark Hayden, N7YLA at realweather@gmail.com.

The Los Angeles Storehouse UHF repeater is now available for public use.  The frequency is 445.940 MHz, negative offset, PL 151.4.  Please Note: This repeater reverts to use by the LDS Emergency Response Communications (ERC)  system in emergencies and disasters.  Contact Jim Dowdle, KG6TQT at JandMDowdle@gmail.com for further information.

"It has been said that in times of disaster, information can be as important as food or water." - FEMA Citizen's Guide to Disaster Assistance

Copyright (c) 2004-2012 Mark R. Hayden. Updated: April 19, 2012

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