May132015
The Falmouth Amateur Radio Association (FARA) will be conducting a license in a weekend class for anyone interested in becoming a technician class amateur radio operator. The class will be held this weekend, Friday, May 15, 2015 through Sunday, May 17, 2015. More information and registration details can be found at the FARA web site.
May102015
Nearby SKYWARN Training Class
Thursday, June 11th, 2015, 7-10 PM
Marion Fire/EMS
50 Spring Street
Marion, MA 02738
Taught by: NWS Forecaster
Registration: None Required
Click here for other upcoming training dates.
Feb72015
Testing results for Saturday, February 7, 2015:
John Bandzul – New Technician
Gary Ash – New Extra
Richard Sadeck – Upgrade to General
Gary Izzo – Upgrade to General
Stephen Medeiros – Upgrade to General
VE Team:
Ray Arruda, KB1EVX
Marty Jordan, KA1YFV
Fred Bacon, N1TF
All in all, a good session.
73,
Frederic S. Bacon, III, N1TF
SEMARA VE Team Leader
exams [at] semara [dot] org
Feb62014
SEMARA’s VE Team Leader Fred Bacon, N1TF reports that Travis Rebello passed his Technician exam at the club’s VE session on Saturday, February 1st.
Additionally, Tony Souza, NN1D‘s graduating Technician license class that began in January yielded nine (9) new technician hams, including one who passed the General exam as well! Congratulations to the following individuals who passed on Wednesday, February 5th:
Update 02/13/2014: Call signs have been granted by the FCC and have been updated below. Special thanks to Fred-N1TF for providing the list.
KC1BFX – Howard Wong
KC1BFY – Tony S. Vincent
KC1BFZ – Troy D. Vincent
KC1BGA – Scott P. Stanton
KC1BGB – Robert J. Enos, II
KC1BGC – Irene J. Harrop (N1PMB’s YL)
KC1BGD – Robert J. Enos
KC1BGE – Richard A. Krieger
KC1BGF – Joseph A. Tavares (+General)
Welcome to the exciting world of amateur radio everyone! SEMARA would like to invite you all to become a member of our association. The membership application is available in our ABOUT section.
Dec312013
Tony, NN1D will be holding Technician license classes starting on Wednesday, January 8, 2014. The class will run from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at the Dartmouth Police Department Training Room. Classes are expected to run for four weeks, with a VE session to be held soon after.
If you know anyone interested in obtaining their Technician class amateur radio license, please contact Tony, NN1D at 508-525-0949, 508-579-2671 or by email – nn1d [at] arrl [dot] net.
Apr242012
The South Coast Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Collaborative comprised of the Emergency Management Agencies (EMAs) from the communities of Dartmouth, Freetown, New Bedford and Westport will be conducting two CERT training courses in our area beginning next month. The first class to be held in New Bedford will start on Wednesday, May 2nd and the first to be held in Westport will start on Thursday, May 3rd.
Edward A. Caron, KA1RSY, has provided the following additional information:
The first class to be held in New Bedford will start on Wednesday 02 May and every Wednesday until the 27th of June. The New Bedford class will run from
18:30hrs.(6:30pm) to 21:30hrs.(9:30pm) and will be held at the Brooklawn Park Senior Center, 1997 Acushnet Ave. New Bedford. The second calls will be held at the Westport Fire Headquarters located at 54 Hix Bridge Road, Westport and will start on Thursday 03 May and will continue every Thursday evening from 18:30hrs. to 21:30hrs. through the 28th of June.
Participants must attend all sessions to be eligeble for a Certificate of Completion.THE 24+ HOUR BASIC CERT TRAINING COVERS:
Disaster Prepardness
Disaster Medical Operations Part 1- Triage and Treating life threatening Injuries Disaster Medical Operations Part 2- Assesment and Treatment of Common Injuries Light Search and Rescue Terrorism Awareness Fire Safety Disaster Psychology Course Review and Disaster SimulationThere is no cost for this training the CERT Classes are FREE!
CERT classes provides good basic training for anyone who is involved in Emergency Management. In addition CERT training is also recommended for any individual who is involved in Disaster response i.e. Medical Reserve Corp., ARES, RACES, SMART or Hospital Disaster Communications groups with an eye to possible field deployment.
If you are interested in participating in any one of the classes please contact me as soon as possible and I will make sure to send your name in for registration, just let me know which class you wish to attend, either the New Bedford or Westport training site.Respectfully,
Edward A. Caron
Asst. Operations Officer
Town of Acushnet
Office of Emergency Management
(508)998-0295 ext 232
www.acushnetema.comSouth Coastal Massachusetts
ARES/SKYWARN Emergency Coordinator
Aug122011
Genesis Amateur Radio Society (GARS) of Plymouth, MA in cooperation with Jordan Hospital, will be holding Amateur Radio Technician license classes and exam sessions. The classes are broken up into 3 days and includes testing.
The classes will be held in Plymouth at various Jordan Hospital conference rooms and classrooms on August 12th, 14th and 27th. For more information, visit the GARS website or contact Joe, KA1GDQ or Chris, N1IR.
May252011
Larry, AA1FS, who runs the SEMARA VE Sessions, has informed us that the June 4, 2011 exam session has been cancelled. The next SEMARA VE Session is scheduled for Saturday, August 6 at 10:30 AM.
Consult the current issue of ZERO BEAT for a list of other VE Sessions in the area.
Feb92011
Tony NN1D, Dave, W1DJG and Ben, N1WBV will be holding Technician classes starting on Tuesday March 1st at the Dartmouth Police Station Media Center. Classes are expected to run for four weeks from 7 to 9 PM with a VE session to be held soon after.
The class is currently limited to 20 students, so first come, first serve.
If you know anyone interested, please contact Dave, W1DJG – w1djg [at] w1djg [dot] com.
Feb32011
A VE Session will be held at the SEMARA Clubhouse, 54 Donald Street, Dartmouth, Massachusetts this Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 10:30 AM. This session is open to the public for any person who would like to take the exam to become an Amateur Radio Operator or to upgrade their license class to General or Extra.
For more information, please visit our Exams section.