Yesterday, I taught another one-day Tech class at the University of Michigan. There are now two professors there who are giving credit to students who get their ham licenses, so this class was pretty big. I actually had 42 names on my student list, but only 32 actually showed up for class. Over half of them were University of Michigan students.
Of the 32 who took the class, only three failed, and two of those were teenage girls, who accompanied their mother to the class. I had warned the mother that teenagers usually don’t do well in the one-day format, but she said that they had all been studying and thought they would pass. There were two other teenagers in the class who both passed. The third person who failed the test was a U-M student. I was kind of surprised by that.
In addition to the students that actually sat in on the class, there were five that just took the test. They all passed, so when the ARRL and the FCC get around to it, we’ll have 34 more Technicians on the books.
W8SFC ~ Steve says
Dan-
I was one of your one day tech class students in October 2017 and since then I have gone from a very elementary understanding of amateur radio that I had from years of SWLing with my Dad, to being a new ham as a result of your instruction. In the time between that day I passed the exam I have upgraded to General and have become a VE. In this way I can help add to the ranks of new amateur radio operators and this is a role I can play in keeping ham radio growing. Along the way my personal development as a ham has also been advancing and I am working toward achieving higher skill and knowledge levels in amateur radio. This hobby has many facets and the rewards are in pursuing the next level of achievement. In my own case, I get to have fun, learn more about radio and help in public service and emergency situations or in bringing new people into the world of amateur radio, and nothing in my experience is as satisfying as that; In my opinion that is worth all the effort, and makes radio even more enjoyable.
73!