R.A.D.A.R.C. Training

FOUNDATION LICENCE COURSE           

THE AMATEUR  RADIO FOUNDATION LICENCE COURSE

Commencing;                 Friday, 3rd October 2008 at 19.30 hrs.   

Venue:- Committee Rooms, The Pavilion, Woodley Park, Haddon Drive, Woodley, Reading, RG5  4LY 

This venue is upstairs from the meeting room used by the Club for its Thursday evening meetings. Haddon Drive is reached via Butts Hill Road, Woodley.     Map on RADARC website. 

Course Period - 3rd  to 11^th October 2008.

Friday 3rd October 2008 @ 19:30 hrs

19.30 hrs  Amateur Radio. Using a VHF Radio.       

 20.30 hrs  Technical Basics. Followed by Sample questions                 

Saturday 4th  Oct      You should bring sandwiches for lunch on Saturday, 4^th October. Drinks provided.

09.30 hrs. Transmitters and Receivers.  Followed by sample questions                                 

10.30 hrs. Antennas and Feeders.  Followed by sample questions         

11.30 hrs. How to make contacts on the Air. (Operating Procedures).  Followed by sample exam questions.

12.30 hrs  Demo of HF contacts, practical training on the Air.

14.00 hrs Propagation.  Followed by sample questions.

15.00 hrs  Electromagnetic Compatibility  followed by sample exam questions

16.00 hrs. Licence Conditions.                      

6.45 hrs What Radio to buy. What Antenna to use.                

Friday  10th Oct

19.30 hrs  Safety in the Shack    Sample questions          

20.30 hrs  Revision for the Examination, with real questions.                                                                                                                                 

Saturday 11th Oct       You must bring a  photographic identity card such as a passport to the exam session.

09.30 hrs. Revision for the Examination.   

10.30 hrs. The Foundation Licence Examination. (25 questions, duration 45 minutes under strict conditions).

11.15 hrs  The Morse Code and how to send it.   

12.00 hrs   Presentation of Results.   Certificates and close.

For the duration of the Course you are a member of RADARC and if you pass the exam, you will have free membership till 30^th June, 2009.

We hope you will make friends on this course whom you will want to keep in touch with in the coming months.

Further enquiries to the Course Secretary,          Harry Hogg, G3NGX  @  radarc.org

Crossways, Ferry Road, South Stoke, Reading, RG8 0JL,  foundation  @   radarc.org   

Phone;  (01491) 872919

If  Harry is away, your email will be picked up by another Committee Member.    

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