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<p>Handihams currently has a Tech license course on zoom. They'll
be offering a beginners CW class and a general class as well.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/11/2021 2:07 PM, bob.kd0br--- via
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">73,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bob KD0BR<o:p></o:p></p>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nfb-hams-bounces@nfbnet.org"><nfb-hams-bounces@nfbnet.org></a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Aaron
Cannon via NFB-Hams<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, July 10, 2021 6:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> National Federation of the Blind Amateur Radio
Division List <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nfb-hams@nfbnet.org"><nfb-hams@nfbnet.org></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Aaron Cannon
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:cannona@fireantproductions.com"><cannona@fireantproductions.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Hams] Question<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 18:37 Travis
Siegel via NFB-Hams <<a
href="mailto:nfb-hams@nfbnet.org"
moz-do-not-send="true">nfb-hams@nfbnet.org</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What would be most uplifting is to
see more blind hams.<br>
<br>
This could be made easier by someone (I don't care who)
creating a book, <br>
website, blog post, email, podcast, or anything else
that actually <br>
contains information folks who are unfamiliar with the
hobby need to <br>
know to not only get online, but to get licensed, and
gain the knowledge <br>
they need to know where/who/when to ask for help for
things they don't <br>
understand/need additional assistance to
complete/understand. I'm (now) <br>
on two ham lists for the blind, and I have not seen a
comprehensive plan <br>
for new hams *ever*. Even when I made an attempt to get
licensed back <br>
around the 2K timeframe, all there was, was handihams,
who sent me a <br>
book called Now Your Talking, then left me to figure out
the rest on my <br>
own. Needless to say, I did not manage to get licensed
back then, and to <br>
this day, although I've been interested in ham radio
since the late <br>
1980s, I am still unlicensed, largely due to the fact
that there just <br>
isn't a single source of info a blind user can access
for everything one <br>
needs to accomplish the whole licensing process.<br>
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Generally, I'm a self starter, and I have no problem
learning things. <br>
I'm self taught for nearly all of the 2 dozen plus
programming languages <br>
I know, and I can generally pick up new operating
systems, (I'm familiar <br>
with MacOS, Linux, Windows, Dos, Android, FreeBSD, and
various versions <br>
of said operating systems, all learned on my own with no
trouble. But, <br>
for what it's worth, I just *can't* wrap my mind around
the whole <br>
licensing test material, and I haven't a clue why that
is. Maybe I've <br>
just not found a format that works for me yet, or
perhaps I've not found <br>
someone who can explain it all in a way I can grasp, but
regardless, <br>
despite more than 20 years of trying, I've just plain
not managed to <br>
accomplish the whole amateur license task thing, and
that's a major <br>
disappointment for me.<br>
<br>
Having something that could walk someone through the
process, with all <br>
the reference materials one might need to accomplish the
task would be <br>
beneficial to all kinds of folks, not just me I'm sure.<br>
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