Gordon West Weekend Ham Classes

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Gordo's Technician License Graduating Class May 23, 2010

Santa Ana, California Fire Dept Training Facility

FREE WEEKEND CLASSES

FREE Weekend TECHNICIAN CLASS, October 2 & 3, 2010. $60 materials fee and $15 test fee only. Click here to view the Technician Class Flyer.
FREE Weekend GENERAL UPGRADE CLASS, October 9 & 10. $75 materials fee and $15 test fee only. Click here to view the General Class Flyer.
FREE Weekend EXTRA UPGRADE CLASS, 2 1/2 days, October 29 PM, October 30, and Halloween, Oct 31st. $95 materials fee and $15 test fee. Click here to view the Extra Class Flyer.

All classes in Orange County, California. Each class requires pre-study, and materials brought in early, to get a head start on the weekend course. Materials fee covers books, audio CDs, computer home-study course, and in-class hand outs and band charts and maps. Class instruction from Gordo is FREEEEEEEE! Live equipment demos, and Gordo will get your through the course in a fun way!

I offer 2-day and 3-day weekend ham classes, most in our local area of Southern California. I also offer mariner's classes in connection with boat shows throughout the country, as well as RV'er classes associated with RV rallys throughout the country. These distant classes require a minimum of 75 students, and call 714-549-5000 if you think you want to put one together.

Our Southern California ham radio weekend classes are all preceded with required home study. Once you sign up for class, we mail you the works! You also have a workbook to complete before the weekend class begins. Completion of the workbook is an assurance of passing the exams Sunday evening which are administered right in the classroom.

Classes are offered approximately every other month in Southern California. This web page does not contain the exact dates because new classes pop up often. Your best bet for locating a ham weekend class near you is to simply call 714-434-0666; and once you hear my smiling voice, press the appropriate number key that will give you an up-to-date offering of classes. The 714-434-0666 is a 24-hour recorded information line, and I quickly go over all of the details of upcoming classes.

PART 1 & PART 2 WEEKEND CLASSES

These weekend classes split up the study preparation for the no code Technician Class license (Part 1) and then about a month later, the worldwide General Class license requiring NO Morse code test (Part 2). These classes are held exclusively in Southern California and offer a relaxed Saturday and Sunday weekend of Technician Class training as well as our follow up General theory class with high frequency radio operating (Part 2). Exams are conducted in the classroom Sunday afternoon.

The approximate cost for each Part of the class is $200 which includes about $100 of home study we send you ahead of time. This includes my exclusive theory book, prestudy quiz notebook, full blown computer course and 4 audio CDs covering the theory and the sounds behind many of the subjects covered in class.

"Gordo" Hamming It Up at the 2008 Dayton Hamvention

FREE TRAINING BEGINNER CLASSES: Gordo offers emergency organizations and municipalities FREE BEGINNER CLASS INSTRUCTION, to promote ham radio for emergency communications within the community. These classes focus on preparing the students to pass the technician class ham radio license test, (in class Sunday PM), and how to use their new equipment to serve in emergency communications. Classes must be scheduled 4 months in advance, 60 student minimum, but hey, for a CERT team, this is easy, when including City and police/fire leaders! $50 materials fee for book, computer course, audio CD, and pre-study. Sunday afternoon $14 test fee. NO course instruction fee, saving students $195! Contact Gordon West for more information on these free-class-instruction emergency radio classes!

To find out when and where we are offering our next series of weekend classes, please call (714) 549-5000, during the day, Monday through Thursday, 10AM to 4 PM, California time to talk with Gordo or Suzy regarding which class is best for you. After hours, call 714-434-0666 and follow the voice instructions to get to our class HOTLINE.

3-DAY GENERAL WEEKEND CLASS

Go from no license to General Class license in just 3 days -- Friday through Sunday. These classes are usually attended by sailors and boaters ready to head out on the wild blue yonder, or RVers heading up to Alaska or down to Mexico.

These 3-day classes require home study assignments to be completed before the Friday session begins. These are not “cram” classes, but rather, focused training sessions to help you pass both the Technician and General Class written examinations. NO MORSE CODE TEST REQUIRED!

Students must complete the simple home study workbook assignments before class. These assignments cover both Technician Class as well as General Class theory.

Applicants not having enough time to complete the homework before class may still take the class but are NOT assured that all elements can be successfully passed.

Finish the homework and you are just about assured that you will pass with flying colors!

Information about the dates and locations of out next 3-day weekend zero to General Class is available by calling, during the day, 714-549-5000, or after hours and on weekends 714-434-0666. Approximate tuition for the 3-day class, which includes over $170 of home study materials, is $395.

"SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" SEMINARS

Our 3-day, zero to General Class courses usually include a Saturday night radio seminar. This is where we put down the books and pick up the radio equipment, turned on and live. Mariners will learn about marine SSB and ham radio free email.

RVers will see the different types of ham radio installations for email and where to mount the worldwide antenna system. We will have plenty of ham radio equipment on hand to look over the various brands of gear. We will also talk about the importance of a VHF/UHF dual-band handheld radio when you’re hanging around town, out on the water, or up in the hills. Can you just image how Agent 86 could have utilized ham radio? The "sky's the limit," literally!

EXAMINATIONS (Separate Fee)

Sunday afternoon examinations are conducted by accredited FCC Volunteer Examiners. The test fee is $15 per exam session and is included in your $395 zero to General class course fee.