Field Instructors: Resources

Prepared by AD7FO

This presentation was written as a training aid in teaching the material in the ARRL Emcomm I manual.  It has a few specific to Spokane County slides that you will want to modify, these are slides 38, 39, 50 and 224.

The presentation is in Microsoft Power Point 2007 (may require a Microsoft web site patch to operate with earlier versions of Power Point).    The file is large due to the many clip art illustrations included to break the monotony of text slides.

Spokane County ARES/RACES is currently teaching this class at our monthly ARES/RACES meetings, teaching two Learning Units per meeting (three if they are short) which takes about 1 hour of our two hour meeting time.   We use different presenters from our ARES Races staff based on their knowledge and familiarity with the subject matter.  Utilizing this schedule it will take approx a one year time frame to complete the training.  It could probably be taught in a two day format as well.  

We asked students to answer the questions in their manuals and turn them in at the following meeting.  We will be issuing a certificate to everyone who completes the course by handing answer sheets for each of the 23 Learning Units. 

Feel free to utilize this presentation in your own organization and contact the Author if you have any questions. Please remember to include the ARRL registered trademark statements in the introduction.

• PowerPoint rev. 3.1 (12.9MB PowerPoint Presentation)

About the Author

Work Experience:
Ten years at American Electronics Laboratories managing their Metrology (Calibration Standards) Laboratory responsible for maintaining test instruments and their calibration traceability to National Standards Laboratories. 

Thirty four years with Hewlett Packard Test Instrument Group, now Agilent Technologies filling various positions over the years in technical support, Application Engineering, Field Sales, World Wide Sales Management, Systems Development and Product Management.  I transferred from Philadelphia Pennsylvania area sales office to Spokane in 1981 working at the Hewlett Packard / Agilent Technologies Liberty Lake site till I retired in February2004.  

Amateur Radio Activities:

• Teach General and Extra License Classes (with training materials I have written)
• APRS Presentation (Power Point)
• Emergency Power (Power Point)
• EMCOMM I  Training -I have put together a Power Point slide set to teach this  class (chapters 1-10 have been completed so far)
• Overview of Cellular Communication (Power Point)
• Lead an amateur radio club at Agilent Technologies (where I used to work).   The club operates and maintains a 2 meter repeater and a 440 repeater with Echo Link.  The club web site is http://www.asarc.org/  where you will find information on activities, repeaters and upcoming hamfests
• I provide a radio and general purpose test equipment table every year at the Spokane Hamfest for folks to test their radios and other hamfest treasures.
• I have my own 440 repeater that can become a portable repeater when needed (443.475 with 100Hz CTCSS tone).

ARRL Appointments:

• ARRL VE (Volunteer Examiner)
• ARRL Technical Specialist for Spokane area
• ARRL Technical Coordinator for  EWA
• ARES AEC (Assistant Emergency Coordinator) for Spokane County
• ARRL Registered Instructor  

For further information, e-mail your questions to cce@arrl.org.