It’s official!

Bonner County ARES held its first VE test session on Saturday, June 5, 2021. And, it was a success with good feedback from those who attended to take the test and from the VE’s.

Seven (7) VE’s were present to run the session, all members of the Greater Los Angeles Amateur Radio Group (GLAARG); we are all local folks, we didn’t come from LA. The test session was held at the Bonner County Administration Building Conference Room in Sandpoint, ID. Based on how the session was set up and operated, it was determined that possibly no less than 5 VE’s would be good for us as we host further sessions.

Thank you to all the VE’s who attended and made this a success; Warren – N7WEB, Lee – K7AVR, Allen – WW7AB, Dave – WA7DH, Judy – AC6DY, Chris – N1OUT, and Mark, K7MEE. And a big thank you to Warren for his guided help as Custodian of the session; getting us set up and helping us run the session.

In all, we had 11 members of the community who tested; 8 for Technician and 3 for General. Of those, we have 7 new Technicians and 1 new General.

All were thankful that we held a test session and look forward to testing for other classes. One comment was “we like the relaxed environment and the friendliness of everyone”.

After the session, the VE’s discussed future test sessions and we are possibly looking at every other month for now. When more details become available, we will get them posted.