Flyfunston

Thanks to all of you, last Saturday's exam was a
great success, over 90% passing. And two new
general class operators passed Morse code and the
theory test. Our next Ham Cram will be
11/5/2006.. Don't forget the General Theory
cram for those who are looking to do more.....

EARN YOUR RADIO LICENSE IN ONE DAY!

Sunday, November 5,2006
8:45AM SHARP! - 3:00PM
San Francisco County Fair Building Hall of Flowers – Rec Room
9th Avenue and Lincoln Way
Ample free parking. Great lunch restaurants nearby.
Bring 2 IDs (one with picture), a pencil and
$20 cash for technician study materials and test OR
$14 cash for test only (general, extra, Morse tests available too).

8:45AM Don’t be late! Questions to [email protected] drop-ins OK.
Beginners’ tips at 8:50, self-study starts
9:00AM. Exams at 11AM, 1:45, 2:45PM. No need
for advance preparation, our method does it in 6 hours.
NEW! General exam class at 9:15AM (if you are already licensed) NEW!

Next test not until Feb. 2007. Latest info: wcf.com/aero/exams

Passing this test will get you a ham radio
license from the FCC good for 10 years. You will be able to use:
O local repeaters for Bay Area communication,
O Echolink for Internet-based radio,
O satellite and moon-bounce,

and if license restructuring goes through, you
may be grandfathered to use international
shortwave frequencies for global communication!

Come and join the great world-wide community of ham radio.

Sponsors/supporters:
Auxiliary Emergency Radio Organization (AERO)
Bay Area Red Cross
Salvation Army more info
follows W5YI-VEC


How our system works:

John Portune, W6NBC, discovered and Ross
Patterson developed and perfected a technique
based on the fact that short term memory was a
fantastic aid for retaining answers to test
questions for an hour or two. From this Ross
devised the famous “ham cram” (rapid scanning of
questions and answers for just a few hours, then
sitting down and taking the test). His method
has consistently achieved pass rates of 70-95%.

This method does NOT teach you how to be a radio
operator, or even the material which underlies the test questions.

This method focuses on your PASSING the
test. This is step one in becoming a ham radio operator.

Step 2 is to buy a radio, and Step 3 is to learn
how to use it. We sell an inexpensive book to
help with Step 3 right after the exam.

Step 4 is to get on the air, and get experience
checking into nets that are used for preparedness
and drill. As you progress in Step 4, you may
wish to act as net control for a net some evening.

But first things first–get your license. And
that is what this day’s activities are all about.

Because the test focuses on SHORT TERM memory,
there is little purpose in getting the test
materials in advance. If you want to do some
advance preparation, get hold of a high-school
physics book and read the part about the
relationship between wavelength and frequency. Or:

Wavelength x Frequency = Velocity
For radio waves, we use the velocity of light,
300 million meters per second. If we measure
frequency in Megahertz (1 million cycles per
second), then the formula becomes meters x
megahertz= 300. So if I ask you what is the
wavelength of a 150 Megahertz signal, the answer is 2m.
If you need to convert meters to feet, multiply
by 3 and add 10%. A half-wave antenna has
one-half wavelength elements. A conventional
dipole has 1/4 wavelength elements.