<p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 16.2pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma;"><strong>Livingston County ARES and the LARK</strong> are offering an amateur radio Study Hall, Training and Testing for <strong>Amateur Radio Technician Class License,</strong><br />Session will be Saturday, June 12th beginning at 0900 hours.</span></p>
<p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 16.2pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma;">·         Location is the EOC room at Central Dispatch, 300 S. Highlander Way, Howell, MI 48843<br />·         Interested parties should contact Bruce Pollock at <a href="mailto:pollockbs@hotmail.com">pollockbs@hotmail.com</a> via e-mail.  Bruce will sign you up for the class and reply via e-mail with an electronic file containing information participants can/should study before the session.<br />·         Participants will be provided with a self-paced PowerPoint slide show from which they can study before writing the test.  Members of the local amateur radio club will be on-hand to assist and answer questions.<br />·         The amateur radio test has been re-written.  The new test, coming out in July '10, is more difficult to pass than the current test.  If you're thinking about getting a license, now is the time.<br />·         If participants have a laptop capable of running PowerPoint, they should please bring it.  There will be some laptops available for those coming without, but the number is limited.<br />·         Please contact me at <a href="mailto:pollockbs@hotmail.com">pollockbs@hotmail.com</a> </span></p>
<p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 16.2pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma;">Bruce Pollock, Livingston County CERT Coordinator<br /><a href="mailto:pollockbs@hotmail.com">pollockbs@hotmail.com</a><br />Cell 810-333-0205</span></p>
<p class="ecxmsonormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 16.2pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><strong>Those who are not amateur radio licensed</strong> we encourage you to come to the "One Day Cram Session and Testing" on June 12th at 9am.  Amateur radio equipment is considerably better than FRS radios during a deployment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Attached is a <a href="ARStudyGuide.pdf"><strong>pre-class study guide</strong></a><strong>,</strong> please consider coming and taking the test.</span><br /><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> </span><br /><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The cost for the test will be less then twenty dollars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span></span><br /><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> </span><br /><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Hope to see you there.</span></span></p>