That's one thing I like about the 'new' WIA. They're a lot quicker than they used to be! I waited around 8 weeks for my exam marks. (but back then I could apply for the license in person at the Perth ACMA office...)Zebedee wrote: At a rough guess, the WIA will probably take a week or two to go through all the exams (don't forget, there's exams running just about every weekend in various parts of the country).
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We will shortly have another F call in our midst - Simon just got home and he's passed his Foundation exam and now just waiting for his callsign to appear. Wonder if that will happen before christmas...
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Congrats Simon! You two will have to alternate between HF and VHF/UHF. If there are any arguments, I'll send you to your room.
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Yeah congrats to Simon and to the others who passed their various exams today.meg wrote:We will shortly have another F call in our midst - Simon just got home and he's passed his Foundation exam and now just waiting for his callsign to appear. Wonder if that will happen before christmas...
I have a sneaking suspicion though that the paperwork won't quite make it through the various departments before Christmas ... but maybe I'm just a pessimist
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Re: Foundation Licence
Hi everyove,
I haven't been active on warsug, but i'm going to be from now on. I sat my Foundation Licence last Saturday 23/11/08 and passed . And yesterday I sat my Standard Licence and i passed . So i'm now waiting for my call signs to show up in the mail.
I will catch up later,
73,
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I haven't been active on warsug, but i'm going to be from now on. I sat my Foundation Licence last Saturday 23/11/08 and passed
. And yesterday I sat my Standard Licence and i passed . So i'm now waiting for my call signs to show up in the mail.I will catch up later,
73,
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Wow - well done Matt!Matt the sparky wrote: I sat my Foundation Licence last Saturday 23/11/08 and passed
My other half Simon was on the course with you and says hi and congrats too
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Bloody showoffMatt the sparky wrote:I sat my Foundation Licence last Saturday 23/11/08 and passed
Yep very well done on the regs and standard theory pass. Now that'll give the WIA and ACMA some grief, processing the same person a week apart. They'll be getting a sense of deja vu
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Welcome and congrats Matt. Your shout
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just passed my foundation - Just waiting for my callsign to appear on the acma website
In the mean time - i am about to order some gear and hope to have it setup around the same time my callsign comes thru.
What node is the best in chatting to you over there in the west. I hope to have a HF setup soon - but in the mean time - i was going to try and chat via irlp - just need to figure out the node and then i'll be chatting to you from the east coast
In the mean time - i am about to order some gear and hope to have it setup around the same time my callsign comes thru.
What node is the best in chatting to you over there in the west. I hope to have a HF setup soon - but in the mean time - i was going to try and chat via irlp - just need to figure out the node and then i'll be chatting to you from the east coast
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Congratulations! The WIA and ACMA have been powering through the paperwork recently, so hopefully it won't be too long.orangepeel wrote:just passed my foundation - Just waiting for my callsign to appear on the acma website
For IRLP, I'd try either node 6200 - VK6RFM in Fremantle, or 6772 - VK6RVP in Victoria Park.orangepeel wrote:What node is the best in chatting to you over there in the west.
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Congratulations mate!orangepeel wrote:just passed my foundation - Just waiting for my callsign to appear on the acma website
In the mean time - i am about to order some gear and hope to have it setup around the same time my callsign comes thru.
What node is the best in chatting to you over there in the west. I hope to have a HF setup soon - but in the mean time - i was going to try and chat via irlp - just need to figure out the node and then i'll be chatting to you from the east coast
Hopefully one of these days I'll get round to programming in my 7800 in my car and then I can listen to a repeater other than our roleystone repeater.
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For anyone still interested in sitting their Foundation course and exam, I believe there's still plenty of room on the January course... Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th Jan.
If you've been meaning to get around to it, now would be a very good time before the exam fees rise steeply in February, according to this announcement from the WIA. (Going up from $35 to $67 - eeeeeeek!)
If you've been meaning to get around to it, now would be a very good time before the exam fees rise steeply in February, according to this announcement from the WIA. (Going up from $35 to $67 - eeeeeeek!)
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I was wondering.. can we pay for the advanced course or exams right now
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Hehe good question. The WIA have been a bit tricky though with the wording on their page, it says the new price applies "on the day of assessment", not on the day of paymentrobbage wrote:I was wondering.. can we pay for the advanced course or exams right now
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G'day Again
From home - i cant access the local IRLP - will have to go mobile to do that - however i can hit a Echolink station
I cant find a Echolink node for Perth - or surrounding areas ... is there one ?
Found many for IRLP - but nothing for Echolink ....
Any tips ?
From home - i cant access the local IRLP - will have to go mobile to do that - however i can hit a Echolink station
I cant find a Echolink node for Perth - or surrounding areas ... is there one ?
Found many for IRLP - but nothing for Echolink ....
Any tips ?