Some info here http://hamcollege.com.au/wordpress/?page_id=3slipknot wrote:How oftern do these courses or exams come around in perth?
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Damn those spies - can't keep anything quiet around hereVK6ZMS wrote:My spies tell me you passed the exam this week .... well done !
I did ... Standard Theory and Regs down, and with a truckful of luck, Advanced Theory by the end of the year
If ACMA are kind to me, I'll be VK6LAN in a few weeks once they process my Standard paperwork.
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Courses:slipknot wrote:How oftern do these courses or exams come around in perth?
Saturday & Sunday, 19 – 20 July 2008
Saturday & Sunday, 20 – 21 September 2008
Saturday & Sunday, 22 – 23 November 2008
The courses are two full days (9am to 5pm on the Saturday 10am to 5pm on the Sunday) and will teach you everything you need to know to get on air as a Foundation licensee.
Exams are run once a month - if you've done a Foundation course, the exam will be the following weekend. People wanting to sit their Standard or Advanced theory, or Standard/Advanced Regs can also book in for one of the exam dates ... which are:
Saturday 31st May
Saturday 28th June
Saturday 26th July
Saturday 30th August
Saturday 27th September
Saturday 25th October
Saturday 29th November
Saturday 20th December
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THANKS! - how many watts can you transmitt on with foundation licence?
All i know is that with the advanced get 400 watts ssb
and about 130 on AM and FM.
All i know is that with the advanced get 400 watts ssb
and about 130 on AM and FM.
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deja vuslipknot wrote:THANKS! - how many watts can you transmitt on with foundation licence?
10 watts.
More info here
http://www.wia.org.au/licences/foundation/about/
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I found one! Its a Yeasu radio (if thats how you spell it) Has the presets of 5 10 15 and 50 i think, Definatly has 10 so thats great. Now i just have to work out how to get the training and exam all the way down where i live.
Thanks anyway Nick, i do appreciate it.
And thanks for your help also vk6ngs.
Thanks anyway Nick, i do appreciate it.
And thanks for your help also vk6ngs.
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Looks like Ham College gets some nice looking people attending their courses too...
Cheers, CC
Looks like Ham College gets some nice looking people attending their courses too...
Cheers, CC
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The weekend I did my Foundation course, we had a husband and wife join us from Collie. I think they came up and stayed with relatives or friends for a couple of nights, so that might be something you could do if you have people up here you can stay with ...slipknot wrote:the only thing im worried about is that im going to be moving to karrinyup soon an od setting up my base there and im a bit worried that I wont be able to hit any repeaters on that have IRLP on VHF or UHF at only 10 watts. As of now living in bunbury, its a bit hard to attend a foundation theory course living in a remote area.
The exam for the Foundation licence is normally the next Saturday after the course, but if you talk Ham College, perhaps they can suggest an alternative to having to come back to Perth again...
As for repeaters and IRLP, if you look at the website of the WA Repeater Group (WARG), you'll see that there's a few 2m and 70cm repeaters around the place. The list shows that VL6RLM in Lesmurdie in on EchoLink and VK6RVP in Vic Park and VK6RFM in Freo are both on IRLP. From the Northern Corridor Radio Group, VK6RNC in Wanneroo also has an IRLP node number.
You shouldn't have any trouble hitting at least one of those repeaters from Karrinyup. Heck, if I can get into Roleystone on a 5 Watt handheld from Neerabup, anything's possible
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