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Ham Radio Tech Class Being Offered at Lafayette Science Museum

By Paul McCasland - LSM May 9, 2018

Lafayette Science Museum (LSM) with the support of Acadiana Amateur Radio Association

(AARA) will be offering an 6-week ham radio course every Tuesday at 5:30pm starting May 8th,

2018 at LSM. After the successful completion of the test the student will be awarded an FCC

Technicians Class license for ham radio operation. This course is open to anyone and lasts 6

weeks. However, Class size will be limited so please sign up early. 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 to sign

up.

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