W. T. Eckert in The Daily Mail reports that Greene County volunteer fire companies can take free classes from the Greene County Amateur Radio Club to pass a test for an amateur radio license from the Federal Communications Commission. The classes are already up and running, but interested parties can still sign up for the homework assignments, email assistance, and two days of in-person training, followed by the exam. “Several days after the course you are an amateur radio operator,” Radio Amateur Communication Emergency Radio Officer Len Signoretti told The Daily Mail, “and you can keep the license from the FCC in your pocket for 10 years and you become a HAM [amateur radio operator] and then hopefully become a member of the Greene County Amateur Radio Club and then of course Greene County Aries and RACES.” Read the full story in The Daily Mail.

In related news, the Rip Van Winkle Amateur Radio Club holds their monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Mon., March 18 at Noecker66 Auto Dealership, at Rt. 66 and Graham Ave. in Hudson, NY.