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Basic Electronics with Emphasis on General and Extra
Class Licensing Prep.

​Prerequisites 
 

  • No prereqs except a desire to learn more about electronics and prep for the General
    and Adcanced class licenses. (Specifically on the technical areas and operation. ). If you  have a General and/or Extra Class License prep book. Bring it along. (Not required for the class though.) 

    Not much math, but a little.  A cheap calculator will be helpful.

     

  • We will also cover most if not all of the General and Extra Class licensing technical
    portions.

     

  • Sessions

    ~1.5+ Hour each.
    7 PM EST Wed
    nesday Evenings
    ~ 8-12+ Cla
    sses (Depends on progress and the experience of the students.)
    Planned start date (Wednesday Feb 12th.)  BARS Hamshack. Red Cross building, 1450
    Newtown Pike. (Basement left side of building lower entrance.)

     

  • Instructor Contact: 

    Jim Schings (AI4SR)
    sracing@mindspring.com
    859-339-7425
     

Course Outline:​ 


Basic Current Flow, Ohms Law, Passive Component function, Lab demonstrations of the above.
Active component functions (Tubes, Transistors, etc.)
Simple test Equipment. VOM, Analog, Digital, etc.

Oscilloscope Batteries, Power Supplies, Filtering/Regulation

Safety - (current/voltage/power)
Theory, simple tests and demos w/Oscilloscope
Block Diagrams / Schematics / Flow info 
Block vs Schematic and uses. Lo
gical diagnostic assumptions.

Logic Circuits. Digital verses Analog.
(Depending upon time, and student interest, the above may vary. )


Seating limited, so let us know ASAP. 

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