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Foundation Licence
Ok, the easiest way to obtain your Foundation Licence is to contact Essex Ham and get on one of their online Foundation courses, it’s free to join and extremely informative and believe me Pete (M0PSX) is a great tutor, he will talk you right through the course and cover every module carefully. Just click the pic to the left and follow all the links to the course, also check out the provided video’s. Although you will need to book the actual exam through the RSGB (Radio Society of Great Britain)
I’ve added this here but will say that the RSGB website can be difficult to navigate, they are aware of this and I believe they are actively working to improve things. As with Essex Ham just click the pic to the left and the link will take you straight there. If you wish to take up any of the activities on this page you will require the RSGB to get that Foundation licence as you can only book an exam via them in the UK. I’m sure that in no time their site will be better laid out, but in the meantime please use the services provided.
Equipment
Radio’s
You don’t need much to make a reasonable contact, a cheap handheld like I used (Baofeng UV5R) got me over 100 miles, although propagation and salt water helped with that. A good second hand HF radio (until you are more into the hobby) Second hand radio’s are readily available from good stockists, EG Waters and Stanton, Martin Lynch & Sons, Moonraker, Lamco, Radioworld and others.
Antenna’s
It’s okay to have a fantastic radio but if you attach a piece of string it simply isn’t going to work. When I go out portable I use various vertical antenna’s. At home I use an end fed dipole and a 49/1 unun (unbalanced to unbalanced, that gives me 40M, 20M, 15M, and 10M (don’t wory you will get used to this terminology)
What Can I Do?
With 25 Watts of power you actually have the potential to talk across the world and across Europe is very do able. Yeah I’m not joking about that either, I did say potential to talk across the world didn’t I? First of all there’s the Digital Modes, DMR, DStar, Fusion and more and with these modes you can use a simple handheld radio that pushes out 5 Watts of power. With that 5 Watt radio you can chat ANYWHERE in the world (with programming) the choice is limitless. With HF how far you get on HF largely depends on Propagation (See Propagation Page) Use HF Radio and Digital Modes. Build and use your own Radio. Talk to the International Space Station and Orbiting satellites. Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF). Get involved using Raspberry Pi Projects. Get involved with Youth On The Air (YOTA). Summits on the air (SOTA) and Parks on the air (POTA). Get involved with the Amateur Radio Community (Via RSGB). Moonbounce.
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Take a look at these three leaflets from the RSGB there is much information within all designed to help future Radio Hams.
The Home of Terence M8IPK
Modern Spa
The Home of Terence M8IPK
IPK London
The Home of Terence M8IPK
IPK London
ipklondon.uk
Foundation Licence
Ok, the easiest way to obtain your Foundation Licence is to contact Essex Ham and get on one of their online Foundation courses, it’s free to join and extremely informative and believe me Pete (M0PSX) is a great tutor, he will talk you right through the course and cover every module carefully. Just click the pic above and follow all the links to the course, also check out the provided video’s. Although you will need to book the actual exam through the RSGB (Radio Society of Great Britain)
I’ve added this here but will say that the RSGB website can be difficult to navigate, they are aware of this and I believe they are actively working to improve things. As with Essex Ham just click the pic above and the link will take you straight there. If you wish to take up any of the activities on this page you will require the RSGB to get that Foundation licence as you can only book an exam via them in the UK. I’m sure that in no time their site will be better laid out, but in the meantime please use the services provided.
What Can I Do?
With 25 Watts of power you actually have the potential to talk across the world and across Europe is very do able. Yeah I’m not joking about that either, I did say potential to talk across the world didn’t I? First of all there’s the Digital Modes, DMR, DStar, Fusion and more and with these modes you can use a simple handheld radio that pushes out 5 Watts of power. With that 5 Watt radio you can chat ANYWHERE in the world (with programming) the choice is limitless. With HF how far you get on HF largely depends on Propagation (See Propagation Page) Use HF Radio and Digital Modes. Build and use your own Radio. Talk to the International Space Station and Orbiting satellites. Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF). Get involved using Raspberry Pi Projects. Get involved with Youth On The Air (YOTA). Summits on the air (SOTA) and Parks on the air (POTA). Get involved with the Amateur Radio Community (Via RSGB). Moonbounce.
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Equipment
Radio’s
You don’t need much to make a reasonable contact, a cheap handheld like I used (Baofeng UV5R) got me over 100 miles, although propagation and salt water helped with that. A good second hand HF radio (until you are more into the hobby) Second hand radio’s are readily available from good stockists, EG Waters and Stanton, Martin Lynch & Sons, Moonraker, Lamco, Radioworld and others.
Antenna’s
It’s okay to have a fantastic radio but if you attach a piece of string it simply isn’t going to work. When I go out portable I use various vertical antenna’s. At home I use an end fed dipole and a 49/1 unun (unbalanced to unbalanced, that gives me 40M, 20M, 15M, and 10M (don’t wory you will get used to this terminology)
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