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NewsTime to Renew your HOTARC Membership!
For current HOTARC members, it's time to renew your Club membership! According to our bylaws, annual dues are due on January 1 of each year (we'll accept renewals from January 1 to March 31). As approved by the Directors this year, dues for Full Members remain at $30/yr; for Associate Members only $15/yr; and no charge for Family Members. (See the Club By-laws for more details.) We've made it even easier for you: Pay your dues online!! You can use PayPal to quickly, easily, and securely pay your HOTARC Member dues right now! Also, please complete the short Membership Renewal Form (html version or pdf version), and then send (or pay online via PayPal) us your dues payment today, or bring it to the next meeting. Thanks for your continued support of HOTARC! We are YOUR Club! Amateur Extra License Classes
If you are a General Class ham living in the central Texas area, HOTARC members want to help you upgrade to Extra Class! As with all FCC exams, you're only required to score 75% or better on a multiple-choice test. And our approach—with demonstrations, hands-on activities with actual ham-radio equipment, and review of the test questions and answer choices—will clarify the challenging concepts covered on the Extra Class exam and make the questions familiar to you. We'll conduct the training over three Saturdays, giving you time to "digest" the material:
Immediately following the third session, while everything's still fresh on your mind, HOTARC Volunteer Examiners will administer the FCC Extra Class Exam. After passing the exam, you will immediately have access to the full set of rights and privileges afforded to American amateur radio operators!The cost for the course is $45, (You can submit payment online.) which includes the recommended text, handouts, activity materials, and lunch provided in the classroom. The Class will be held at the W5NCD Workshop located at 12772 Chapel Road, Lorena, Texas 76655. To sign up contact Clint Anderson, AE5CA by email or phone (254-855-5080) before January 14!
At HOTARC, we are here to help you!!
HOTARC Members MeetingHOTARC will hold its next Meeting of Members on Thursday, February 23 at 7:00 PM. We will be meeting at our new location: the new W5NCD Workshop near the southern end of Chapel Road in south Waco. Use this map to see the location, or for driving help, here are three possible routes:
As always, our meetings include a few minutes of regular business, some usually entertaining radio-related discussions, followed by an interesting program—not to mention the friendly fellowship with other area hams! Read the current HOTLINE (issued the weekend prior to the meeting) for more details. Family members and visitors—especially those interested in becoming hams or joining the Club—are very welcome! 
HOTARC/BARC Amateur Radio TestingHOTARC and BARC (Baylor ARC) are pleased to offer amateur radio testing to the general public and fellow amateurs. Our Volunteer Examiners will deliver an ARRL test session, scheduled for February 25 at 4:00 PM at the W5NCD Workshop located at 12772 Chapel Road, Lorena, Texas 76655. This is the same test session being offered to those completing our Amateur Extra Licensing Class (see story above).Please bring with you to the test session:
*CSCE is an official proof of previously passed FCC exam(s), valid up to 1 year. For example, suppose you passed your Technician exam, but have not yet received your FCC license in the mail. If you come to take a General exam, we'll need a photocopy of the CSCE you received when you passed the Technician exam. If you already have your new FCC license, then we don't need the CSCE—just a photocopy of the new license. |
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