HAM RADIO: ZERO TO HERO

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: SAM HAVEMAN

Sam found his love for radios while earning his pilots license in High School. He expanded his interest for all things “Comms” when assigned to a Ground Team with the Civil Air Patrol whose duties included finding Emergency Locator Beacons with Directional Radio. Since then, Sam has combined his love of communications with preparedness and has a passion passing that information on to others.

1-DAY CLASS | HAM RADIO: ZERO TO HERO

“The Baofeng UV5R and associated radios are the most common portable civilian HAM radio in existence. While common, many owners/users are not aware of how to properly utilize this platform to its utmost capabilities.”

This course will give students the basic knowledge of radio communication and frequencies as a whole, and the knowledge, skills, and ability to be an end-user of the Baofeng UV5-R Handheld HAM family of radios and associated equipment.

Prerequisites:

No radio experience needed.

Course Gear Requirements:

PREFERRED A Baofeng UV5-R style handheld radio (Widely available and inexpensive)

– or –

POSSIBLE Handheld HAM radio not of the Baofeng Family of radios (bring the instruction manual to help troubleshooting)

Notepad and writing utensil. 

Course Gear Recommendations:

Water and packed lunch / snacks for a full day class

A charged laptop with:
– CHIRP programming software installed (link here)
– An FTDI programming cable for radio of choice (Baofeng can be found here)

AVAILABLE CLASSES:

Saturday – September 9, 2023

9am – 6pm
Registration open for MDFI Alumni, click here.
Registration opens to the public on June 4 at noon.
$200 + $25 venue fee

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