Hi Everyone,
I wanted to get everyone's ideas and feedback and suggestions following a discussion at the K-BAR-A monthly meeting last Wednesday. As a service organization to hams and to others, the idea came up to offer some basic "hands-on" training and help to other hams in some Saturday or evening classes.
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The first and perhaps most important and basic training was to help new hams program their HTs for repeaters and other memory channels (e.g., 146.520) and get them talking on their HTs. There is a strong realization that many hams struggle with programming repeaters and many have an initial fear of keying the mic and talking. We could also give them a list of our nets and times and invite them to check-in as a guest.
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I wanted to get everyone else's ideas on what additional types of "hands-on" training classes would be most beneficial to get them going and get them over their initial anxiety about using their HTs, mobile stations, or base stations. This is particularly true for new techs.
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There might be additional training for new General Licensees.
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Please let me know what you think and what might have helped you the most or would help you the most to get over some of the hurdles.
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I also thought that some of these "hands-on" classes might be a good idea to conduct on Field Day.
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73
Alan Ertle
KF3KF
Alan Ertle, KF3KF