Introduction

One of the goals of our director is to work with clubs and individuals in New England to help them expand their role as mentors and create a world-class environment for learning based on Amateur Radio.

We have formed a working group to help clubs across New England to provide the mentoring to meet these goals. The goals of this working group are to:

Encourage the development and sharing of Licensing programs
Encourage the development of programs to help licensed amateurs at all levels to build stations, put up antennas, and Get On The Air
Encourage the development and sharing of Mentoring and skills development programs
Encourage the development and sharing of online learning tools
Provide for publicizing these programs across the division and the ARRL
To join the discussion, join our Groups.io group, ne-ham-dev. You can join it via the Find a Group feature in Groups.io or contact me at ab1qb@arrl.net to be added.

This page includes a number of resources to help clubs to provide learning and mentoring programs to their members.

Our most recent meeting of the Mentoring and New Ham Development and Youth Outreach and STEM Learning groups was held on Wednesday, October 12th. You can watch the recording below:

We held another meeting of the Mentoring and New Ham Development and Youth Outreach and STEM Learning groups on Wednesday, July 13th.

We held the most recent meeting of the Mentoring and New Ham Development working group on Monday, May 23rd. We had presentations from Fred Kemmerer, AB1OC, on the ARRL Club Grant Program, Anita Kemmerer, AB1QB, on the Ham Bootcamp mentoring program, and Larry Krainson, W1AST on plans for Ham Radio activities the Big-E. The recording of the meeting is below.

Our kickoff meeting was held on March 15th. We had presentations from Dan Norman, N0HF; Bob Beaudet, W1YRC; Bob Phinney, K5TEC; and Anita Kemmerer, AB1QB, on mentoring programs. The recording of the meeting is below.

Do you have inputs that you would like to provide for this page? You can provide your inputs by submitting a form at Provide Input to Mentoring and Ham Development Web Page Select the correct form (Mentoring Program, License Class, or Training Recording) by opening the Table of Contents and clicking on the heading for the information you will provide.

Resources for New Hams

Mentoring Programs

One of our goals is to connect prospective hams, newly licensed hams, and inactive hams to clubs that have mentoring programs to help these hams get on the air.

Here is information on mentoring programs provided by New England Amateur Radio Clubs. If you have a mentoring program you would like to have listed here, please complete the form at Provide Input to Mentoring and Ham Development Web Page .

Greater Bridgeport (CT) Amateur Radio Club – CARES Program
Nashua (NH) Area Radio Society – Ham Bootcamp
The Consortium (RI) – Bob Beaudet, W1YRC
Morserino-32 Kit – Suggested by David Bodman, KD4CLJ. Teaches a bit of basic soldering, then kitbuilder has a VERY capable morse code trainer/tester/loRA transmitter/keyer.

Training Program Recordings

Many clubs provide training programs over the internet that are recorded and available on their websites or YouTube channels. This section is a collection of links to those videos. If you have training recordings that you would like to share here, please provide your input via the form at Provide Input to Mentoring and Ham Development Web Page

LonTV Videos

Lon Seidman is a popular YouTuber who creates informative videos on many aspects of technology. He recently became licensed as KC1RGS, and has published videos on his channel about his amateur radio experience. In this case, a new ham is doing a great job of mentoring other new hams.

Nashua Area Radio Society Tech Night Recordings

The Nashua Area Radio Society holds a monthly tech night to help amateur radio operators to develop and expand their Ham Radio-related technical knowledge. Here are some video recordings that teach some important skills to operators:

Licensing Classes

Many clubs offer licensing classes. Some are online and others are in-person. License classes given by ARRL New England Division clubs are listed below. You can scroll left and right to see all of the columns in the table.

License Class Exams

License Class	Start/End Dates	Start/ End Times (ET)	Number/ Frequency of Sessions	Location	Pre-Study?	VE Exam Provided?	Cost	More Info	Sponsoring Organization
Technician	Many dates	8:30 - 11:30 PM OR 12 - 6 PM	Evening Classes - 4 sessions M-Th, Weekend classes - 2 SAT-SUN	Online	Study from ARRL Technician Class License Manual	Online exam can be scheduled		https://nescitech.org/shop/on-line-license-course-technician/	New England SCI-TECH
General	Many dates	8:30 - 11:30 PM OR 12 - 6 PM	Evening Classes - 4 sessions M-Th, Weekend classes - 2 SAT-SUN	Online	Study from ARRL General Class License Manual	Online exam can be scheduled		https://nescitech.org/shop/online-license-course-general/	New England SCI-TECH
Extra	Many dates	7 -10 PM	8 Sessions	Online	Study from ARRL Extra Class License Manual	Online exam can be scheduled		https://nescitech.org/shop/online-license-course-extra/	New England SCI-TECH
Technician	9/17 - 9/18	8 AM - 6 PM	Daily sessions Sat - Sun	Online	Read Gordon West Technician Class Book and complete fill in the blanks assignment	Remote Online Exam	$40 plus exam fee	Visit https://www.n1fd.org/amateur-radio-license-class/ or email classes@n1fd.org	Nashua Area Radio Society
General	10/22 - 10/23	8 AM - 6 PM	Daily Sessions Sat - Sun		Read Gordon West General Class book and complete fill-in-the-blanks assignment.	Remote Online Exam	$40 plus Exam Fee	Visit https://www.n1fd.org/amateur-radio-license-class/	Nashua Area Radio Society
Extra	11/11 - 11/13	8 AM - 6 PM	Daily Sessions Fri - Sun	Online	Read Gordon West Extra Class book and complete fill-in-the-blanks assignment	Remote Online Exam	$48 plus Exam Fee	Visit https://www.n1fd.org/amateur-radio-license-class/	Nashua Area Radio Society

You can also search for a license class on the ARRL Website: http://www.arrl.org/find-an-amateur-radio-license-class

If you have a license class that you would like to share here, please provide your input via the form at Provide Input to Mentoring and Ham Development Web Page

Club Membership Programs for New Hams

Many clubs offer reduced dues or free club memberships to New Hams. Please contact me at ab1qb@nediv.arrl.org if your club has a membership program for new hams so that I can add your club to this list.

Resources for Clubs

Help Your Club by Increasing ARRL Membership

Learn all about how your club can benefit from the ARRL Club Commission Program by holding quarterly ARRL Membership Drives

Club Meeting Speaker Lists

Looking for a speaker for an upcoming club meeting? Here are links to speaker lists provided by ARRL sections in New England.