Amateur Radio Emergency Commumication Class

Winter of 2008

Jan. 31 - April 17th.

Open to all Amateur Radio operators at no cost except the manual and $14.00 testing fee

Contact Information

Glen Sage, W4GHSPhone 276-398-3548

Online Registration Form, Click here to signup for the class and ordering your manual.  Order your manual prior to Jan 20th.

Amateur (Ham) Radio

Emergency Communications Class

Dates: January 31 through April 17th. 2008

(We will work around the BARC on the 4th Thursday of the month meetings in February and March)

Location: Carroll County Emergency Medical Services Building

Locate on 499 Floyd Pike (Route 221)

For Additional Information, Phone Glen Sage, W4GHS

276-398-3548

This emergency communications class (EC-001) is the entry level class in preparing for providing valuable service to served agencies both inside the Commonwealth of Virginia as well as on the national scene.  The Virginia Section requires members of the Emergency Response Team (ERT) to complete this course to serve as a team member.  Some ARRL sections are requiring the completion of this course to be a member of ARES.

This course along with ICS classes (ICS-100, 200, 700 and 800), first aid and CPR certifications is the minimum requirement for being listed on the ARRL national database for availability for call-up to major disaster service.

Our served agencies are requiring trained and certified people in each phase of disaster response.  Communications is no exception to this expectation.

We will be starting out Emergency Communications Course ARECC level one, on January 31st.  There will be nine sessions with our exam being held on Thursday April 17th at 7:00 pm.  We will meet for two hours per week on Thursday nights.  You will be expected to have read the assigned reading for the class in the prior week.  There will also be projects that you will need to complete each week prior to the class.  The course will extend over a nine week period and conclude with the final exam.  More information and the online registration can be found at http://www.w4ghs.org/HamClass.html.  The course is free, the test is $14.00.  This class is open to all interested licensed Amateur Radio operators regardless of residence. 

Glen Sage, W4GHS

ARRL, the National Association for Amateur Radio

Information on Emergency Communications Course

Article on Licensing  Earlier Class

Map for Class Location

(Look for Red Star on Map)

Map to Laurel Rescue

Congratulations to those that passed ARECC Level I and Level II Test on April 17th.  There were eleven test passed.  This included 7 level one and 4 level two.  Those passing level one were Beverly Tipton, KI4JTV, Tom MacMullan, KI4ONE, Michelle Newman, KI4JTG, Emory F. Bearden, K4EFB, Bobbie Jones KI4TSU, Howard G. Roland, KI4LWA, Charles Peake, K4CWP,

Those passing Level II were, Beverly Tipton, KI4JTV, Tom MacMullan, KI4ONE, Bobbie Jones, KI4TSU and Howard Roland, KI4LWA.

Recent ARRL Course Information