Consortium

The Consortium is an informal free class on ham fundamentals that is held monthly. Everyone is welcome. The Consortium was founded about 20 years ago by Bob Beaudet W1YRC, and the classes are run by BVARC’s award-winning Elmer, Jim Johnson K1GND.

December’s topic will be a demo on “How to Set Up Your First Ham Shack“. This is sure to be of interest to many.  Hope to see you there as the RI amateur radio community continues to build connections across our small state.

What: The Consortium  | When: Monday December 4, 2023 7pm.  | Where: The Sportsmen’s Club at 250 High St., Manville

Consortium website:  http://www.w1ddd.org/consortium.html 

Posts on The Consortium include:

https://ri-arrl.org/the-consortium-continues-free-ham-training-in-manville-ri

https://ri-arrl.org/how-to-set-up-your-first-ham-shack-at-the-consortium-dec-4-2023

Teri DiIorio, W1PUP writes:

The Consortium is a free class done monthly by Jim Johnson, K1GND and Bob Beaudet W1YRC. It’s also a great opportunity to meet other ham, find information and get recommendations of all things Ham related!

The Consortium has been operating for over 19 years, and everyone is welcomed.

November’s topic was The Importance of Grounding. The location is the Sportsmen’s Club at 250 High St., Manville. 7PM. The Consortium meets monthly on the first Monday of the month (unless that is a holiday).

The 2024 schedule of topics to be covered include:

Jan 8, 2024 – All About Vertical Antennas

Feburary 5, 2024 – All About Horizontal Antennas

March 4, 2024 – All About Half Wave End Fed Antennas And Transformers

April 1 – All About SSB Settings , Protocol And QSLing

May 6 -Getting Ready For Field Day

More details at http://www.w1ddd.org/consortium.html .

Jim, K1GND and Bob W1YRC support the Consortium.
This is a separate program from BVARC, supported by a few members who thought it was a good idea.
See you at the Consortium…..