[NFB-Hams] Question

[Jim Shaffer]

Handihams currently has a Tech license course on zoom.  They'll be 
offering a beginners CW class and a general class  as well.

On 7/11/2021 2:07 PM, bob.kd0br--- via NFB-Hams wrote:
>
> Aaron, You may have something here. We know that J.D. at the Louisiana 
> Center has done trainings there and also with Curtis Willoughby, 
> KA0VBA, last summer on ZOOM but something could be worked out. I would 
> be interested in an thoughts you or anyone else may in putting 
> something together. I am willing to add my two cents worth in any 
> training sessions if needed.
>
> 73,
>
> Bob KD0BR
>
> *From:* NFB-Hams <nfb-hams-bounces at nfbnet.org> *On Behalf Of *Aaron 
> Cannon via NFB-Hams
> *Sent:* Saturday, July 10, 2021 6:52 PM
> *To:* National Federation of the Blind Amateur Radio Division List 
> <nfb-hams at nfbnet.org>
> *Cc:* Aaron Cannon <cannona at fireantproductions.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [NFB-Hams] Question
>
> I'm not sure if this would meet the demand for what you are looking 
> for, but I'd be happy to lead a licensing class, though I'd rather not 
> do it alone. But if I can find a partner, and there is enough demand 
> for it, I'm happy to help out. I taught a class to a bunch of 
> homeschoolers a few months ago, so it wouldn't be my first time.
>
> Aaron
>
> N9LID
>
> On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 18:37 Travis Siegel via NFB-Hams 
> <nfb-hams at nfbnet.org <mailto:nfb-hams at nfbnet.org>> wrote:
>
>     What would be most uplifting is to see more blind hams.
>
>     This could be made easier by someone (I don't care who) creating a
>     book,
>     website, blog post, email, podcast, or anything else that actually
>     contains information folks who are unfamiliar with the hobby need to
>     know to not only get online, but to get licensed, and gain the
>     knowledge
>     they need to know where/who/when to ask for help for things they
>     don't
>     understand/need additional assistance to complete/understand.  I'm
>     (now)
>     on two ham lists for the blind, and I have not seen a
>     comprehensive plan
>     for new hams *ever*. Even when I made an attempt to get licensed back
>     around the 2K timeframe, all there was, was handihams, who sent me a
>     book called Now Your Talking, then left me to figure out the rest
>     on my
>     own. Needless to say, I did not manage to get licensed back then,
>     and to
>     this day, although I've been interested in ham radio since the late
>     1980s, I am still unlicensed, largely due to the fact that there just
>     isn't a single source of info a blind user can access for
>     everything one
>     needs to accomplish the whole licensing process.
>
>     Generally, I'm a self starter, and I have no problem learning things.
>     I'm self taught for nearly all of the 2 dozen plus programming
>     languages
>     I know, and I can generally pick up new operating systems, (I'm
>     familiar
>     with MacOS, Linux, Windows, Dos, Android, FreeBSD, and various
>     versions
>     of said operating systems, all learned on my own with no trouble. 
>     But,
>     for what it's worth, I just *can't* wrap my mind around the whole
>     licensing test material, and I haven't a clue why that is.  Maybe
>     I've
>     just not found a format that works for me yet, or perhaps I've not
>     found
>     someone who can explain it all in a way I can grasp, but regardless,
>     despite more than 20 years of trying, I've just plain not managed to
>     accomplish the whole amateur license task thing, and that's a major
>     disappointment for me.
>
>     Having something that could walk someone through the process, with
>     all
>     the reference materials one might need to accomplish the task
>     would be
>     beneficial to all kinds of folks, not just me I'm sure.
>
>
>
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Jim Shaffer
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