Get your ham radio license for fun and emergency communications!

Press release from North Florida Amateur Radio Club

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Get ready to enter the exciting world of local and worldwide personal radio communications in Amateur Radio! Our local EOC-affiliated ham radio club is opening up a 13-week Thursday night class to pass your Technician FCC license test and get going in ham radio! You can sign up here: https://forms.gle/xpGb9EZvs8ZBTPEa6

The FREE course is taught at the Alachua County Emergency Operations Center — a building few citizens ever get to enter — at 1100 SE 27th Street, 7-9 p.m. every Thursday evening, beginning September 4th. Most sessions will end early, but we have an incredible passing rate on the FCC multiple-choice exam you can take on December 4th. Get your low-cost training materials, either online or in hard-copy format, from: https://www.hamradioschool.com/

Ham radio is a wonderful hobby for both adults and children, so the entire family can get involved. We’re in the digital age now, with radio email and lots of ham radio satellites, as well as direct radio connections to friends all over the U.S. and the world. We even use microprocessors in many of our radios! What a chance to learn! Many successful careers were assisted by early ham radio experiences — so come join in!