{"id":5378,"date":"2025-03-30T20:57:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T00:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/?p=5378"},"modified":"2025-03-30T21:01:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T01:01:28","slug":"free-upcoming-online-amateur-radio-operating-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/free-upcoming-online-amateur-radio-operating-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Upcoming Online Amateur Radio Operating Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We now have a new upcoming informational and educational class that you won&#8217;t want to miss!<\/p>\n<p>An upcoming weekly-occuring 3-hour Amateur Radio Operating Class on Zoom will begin on Thursday April 3 and run through June 19, with classes beginning at 6:30 PM Eastern time. This class is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">free<\/span> to attend, and the presenters will all be various experienced folks who have been involved in many different subjects.<\/p>\n<p>A detailed syllabus will be published before the classes begin.\u00a0 Attend them all, or any that you like.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Be advised that you must register in advance before attending any of the classes.\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nIn order to receive registration information, contact Rol Anders, K3RA, via email at <a href=\"mailto:roland.anders@comcast.net\">roland.anders@comcast.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Some topics that will be covered in class will include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ham Radio Operator Etiquette and Procedures<\/li>\n<li>Amateur Radio Organizations From a Local Level all the way up to an International Level.<\/li>\n<li>Ham Radio Awards And Certificates<\/li>\n<li>DXing: The History of DX communications, Including Tips from the Experts<\/li>\n<li>QSLing: How to get that ever-elusive QSL Card for DXCC or Worked All States, and other contests.<\/li>\n<li>VHF\/UHF Weak Signal Work and \u201cRoving\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Image Operating\u2014Slow Scan and Fast Scan TV<\/li>\n<li>Remote Station control over internet<\/li>\n<li>Learning CW in the no-code era<\/li>\n<li>Digital Modes\u2014From RTTY to FT8 and beyond<\/li>\n<li>Contesting\u2014How to get started, tips for the beginner and intermediate-level contesters<\/li>\n<li>Logging Software\u2014What\u2019s available, how to use<\/li>\n<li>Propagation\u2014A general intro to HF Propagation<\/li>\n<li>Amateur Satellites\u2014How to get started<\/li>\n<li>Portable (backpacking) operation\u2014Tips from an expert<\/li>\n<li>Setting Up a Modern (or not so modern) HF Station<\/li>\n<li>Lightning Protection and Grounding<\/li>\n<li>Traffic Handling &amp; Radiogram Messages<\/li>\n<li>Public Service &amp; Emergency Communications<\/li>\n<li>And More!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We now have a new upcoming informational and educational class that you won&#8217;t want to miss! An upcoming weekly-occuring 3-hour Amateur Radio Operating Class on &hellip; <a title=\"Free Upcoming Online Amateur Radio Operating Class\" class=\"bnm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/free-upcoming-online-amateur-radio-operating-class\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Free Upcoming Online Amateur Radio Operating Class<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","bnm-entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5378"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5380,"href":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5378\/revisions\/5380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w2so.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}