John King, WA1ABI, has announced the next Emergency Communications Technician Training Course (ECCTC) will begin at 7 PM on Tuesday March 3rd. This class will be held on seven consecutive Tuesdays at the Portsmouth EOC. The course is open to all licensed Amateur radio operators. Preference is given to residents of Newport County, but enrollment is open to all Amateur operators on a space available basis.
This training course equips the student with the knowledge and skills needed to serve as an Emergency Communicator in an Emergency Operations Center, a Red Cross evacuation shelter, or a Medical Emergency Distribution System Point of Dispensing. These skills are applicable to operations in many other public safety emergency communications venues. No prior knowledge of public safety or emergency communications is assumed or required. See the course syllabus for information on the subject areas covered in this course.
NCRC will be holding a six week long Technician Class beginning on Tuesday October 7, 2014. Each class will run from 7:00 PM until 9:30 PM, and will be held at the Portsmouth Fire Station Training Room (upstairs). An exam will be given on Tuesday November 18 at 7:00 PM.
Students will pay half the cost of the training material ($10), and will pay for their exam fee ($15).
Those students that pass their exam and pay two years worth of dues ($50) will receive a pre-programmed HT as soon as their call sign appears in the FCC database.
Those interested in the course should pre-register online to ensure they have a spot as the class size is limited to 12 students. To pre-register, CLICK HERE
The Technician Class exam was this past Monday, and all 7 students passed with flying colors. Five of them have applied for membership in the club. Congratulations to the following:
Stephen Mead, KC1AQQ, Middletown
Paul Mankofsky, KC1AQP, Middletown
Paul Duclos, KC1AQO, Riverside
John Reynolds, KC1AQM, So. Dartmouth
Alex Hall, KC1AQN, Newport
In addition, two other hams took and passed their exam, Paul Williams, KC1AQR, and Jarrod Deines, KD0YAJ. Congratulations to them as well!
The East Bay Newspapers published a story about the JotA event held this past weekend. NCRC receives a nod.
Please click here to see the article