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Ham Radio Classes Being Offered at Lafayette Science Museum

July 28, 2016

Lafayette Science Museum (LSM) with the support of Acadiana Amateur Radio Association (AARA) will again be offering an 8-week ham radio course every Tuesday at 6:30pm starting August 9th, 2016 at LSM. After the successful completion of the test the student will be awarded an FCC technical class license for ham radio operation. This course is open to anyone and lasts up to 8 weeks depending on the progress of each student.  Course material will be $20 and there is a FCC fee of $15 at the time of testing.

 Radio amateurs will discover a richly rewarding high-tech hobby that has many different appeals to different people. Whether it is the ability to talk to local friends over the radio waves using a hand-held transceiver (HT), communicating digitally with packet radio to exchange personal messages or vital information in an emergency, talking to other hams anywhere in the world, or engaging in contests with other Radio Amateurs over the airwaves there is something for everyone.

LSM is offering this course as a way to promote ham radio to the youth of South Louisiana. This course is recommended for kids and adults 10 years and older. Lafayette Science Museum is located at 433 Jefferson Street, Lafayette, LA. For more information, visit www.lafayettesciencemuseum.org. or call 337-291-5544.


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