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Old 04-23-2016, 08:06 PM   #1
electricflyer
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Default Yet another successful Tech Class Session

We finished the second Tech class today, this is the second class so far this year. We had a good class in March also. We had 28 take a test today, 20 are now new Tech license ham radio enthusiasts. We had at least 8 of them were YL's, actually I think they were XYL's. 2 more people are now new General license holders and we had one person came in to upgrade to General. So out of 28 that took the test we had 23 that passed. Most that failed were young boy scouts who may retest at a later date but they still got a radio merit badge for being in the class.

ARRL is planning to have direct online entry for VE's sometime late this fall so we will look forward to that. Right now it's running 10-14 days before any one is put in the FCC database. Our group will be a beta tester. I didn't realize it but ARRL says our VE group is one of the top exam units on the east coast. Who'd have thunk it. We have a good time and always delight into getting new hams in the family.
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