{"id":113,"date":"2013-09-15T04:56:41","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T04:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/?page_id=113"},"modified":"2016-09-30T20:36:29","modified_gmt":"2016-10-01T03:36:29","slug":"why-how","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/why-how\/","title":{"rendered":"Why? How?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Why?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Becoming an amateur radio operator is an excellent way to learn more about electronic communications. \u00a0This includes mature technology such as analog voice communication to cutting edge digital data communications. \u00a0There are also opportunities for \u00a0amateur radio operators to work with local government agencies to provide assistance during civil emergencies. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8x6x_6mDVlQ\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Society of Great Britain Video<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">How?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amateur radio operators are licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). \u00a0 \u00a0The FCC has created the <a href=\"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/volunteer-exam-coordinators\/\">Volunteer Examinator Coordinator (VEC)<\/a> system to provide license testing for prospective radio amateurs. \u00a0Volunteer Examiners (VEs)\u00a0groups\u00a0around the country regularly hold testing sessions for all classes of licenses.<\/p>\n<p>The Marin Amateur Radio Society holds several classes a year for those interested in obtaining a amateur radio license. <a title=\"Classes\" href=\"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/?page_id=2\">Click here for the latest class schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Marin Amateur Radio Society sponsors a group of Volunteer Examiners that schedules examinations at our clubhouse. \u00a0\u00a0The sessions are overseen by certified Volunteer Examiners. \u00a0<a title=\"Exams\" href=\"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/?page_id=23\">Click here for the latest testing schedule.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why? Becoming an amateur radio operator is an excellent way to learn more about electronic communications. \u00a0This includes mature technology such as analog voice communication to cutting edge digital data communications. \u00a0There are also opportunities for \u00a0amateur radio operators to<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/why-how\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-113","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6839,"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113\/revisions\/6839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w6sg.net\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}