The Winona Amateur Radio Club is sponsoring a ham radio licensing course and license testing session for people to earn their Technician Class license, the entry-level amateur radio license. The course consists of 16 hours of classroom work beginning Monday, May 11, and is followed by a license testing session on June 22. Classroom sessions will be held at the Winona County Red Cross building, 1660 Kraemer Drive, Winona, on Monday evenings from 6:30 to 9:30 PM except for Memorial Day. The license testing session will be conducted at the Winona County Red Cross building at 8:00 PM on Monday, June 22.

Cost for the course is $24.95 which includes a copy of the 300 page study guide, _The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual_, payable at the first course session. In addition there is a $15.00 license examination fee to be paid at the time of the license testing session on June 22.

No Morse code test is required for amateur radio licenses. There are no age limits for obtaining an amateur radio license. _Registration deadline is Thursday, May 7._ For more information about the course or to register for the course, please contact Len Litvan at KCØRSX@arrl.net or by phone at (507) 643-6057.

Len Litvan KC0RSX