Foundation Licence

Amateur Radio discussion

Moderator: VK6ZMS

Zebedee
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 3022
Joined: Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:42 pm
Amateur callsign: VK6DB
Location: Perth
Contact:

Re: Foundation Licence

Post by Zebedee »

The Foundation course next weekend on the 19/20th November is going to be busy. Last I heard, the course was full, with a waiting list in case anyone doesn't confirm their place...
Doug Bell (Zebedee) VK6DB
WARSUG Forum Administrator.

It is very dark.
You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
VK6ZMS
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 644
Joined: Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:39 pm
Location: 1123.6536.5321

Re: Foundation Licence

Post by VK6ZMS »

Time to carry out that new years resolution and get your Ham license 8)

Ham College is the place to go:

http://hamcollege.com.au
Amateur Radio Moderator
Zebedee
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 3022
Joined: Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:42 pm
Amateur callsign: VK6DB
Location: Perth
Contact:

Re: Foundation Licence

Post by Zebedee »

VK6ZMS wrote:Time to carry out that new years resolution and get your Ham license 8)

Ham College is the place to go:

http://hamcollege.com.au
Agreed. January is a great month to do your licence. Much better than miserable old winter :)
Doug Bell (Zebedee) VK6DB
WARSUG Forum Administrator.

It is very dark.
You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Zebedee
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 3022
Joined: Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:42 pm
Amateur callsign: VK6DB
Location: Perth
Contact:

Re: Foundation Licence

Post by Zebedee »

There's another Foundation course coming up in a couple of weeks, on the weekend of the 17th/18th.

If anyone's interested in studying for their Foundation licence, now is a perfect time. Not too hot, not too chilly.

http://www.hamcollege.com.au/
Doug Bell (Zebedee) VK6DB
WARSUG Forum Administrator.

It is very dark.
You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Zebedee
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 3022
Joined: Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:42 pm
Amateur callsign: VK6DB
Location: Perth
Contact:

Re: Foundation Licence

Post by Zebedee »

Six people on this weekend's Foundation course, most of whom have played with some form of radio before, be it CB, volunteer fire brigade, etc.

I have a funny feeling at least one or two are sneaky WARSUG'ers - come on, out yourselves! :P
Doug Bell (Zebedee) VK6DB
WARSUG Forum Administrator.

It is very dark.
You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Zebedee
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 3022
Joined: Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:42 pm
Amateur callsign: VK6DB
Location: Perth
Contact:

Re: Foundation Licence

Post by Zebedee »

Another successful Foundation course completed. All the candidates were great and they should all fare well next weekend for their exams.

Got a busy day next Saturday - not only do we have the six people from the Foundation course, but there's also people sitting every other type of exam - Foundation, Standard, Advanced, Regs and Practicals. It'll be a full-on day!
Doug Bell (Zebedee) VK6DB
WARSUG Forum Administrator.

It is very dark.
You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
pacestick
150+ posts
150+ posts
Posts: 242
Joined: Sun Nov 22, 2009 3:55 pm
Scanners and Receivers: Pro handheld scanner
Bearcat scanner
Wuoxun
Location: Northam Shire

Re: Foundation Licence

Post by pacestick »

Was a Good course Bring on the exam.
Volunteer BFS.
VK6FIRE
Stoneguard
Posts: 1
Joined: Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:25 pm

Re: Foundation Licence

Post by Stoneguard »

Zebedee wrote:I have a funny feeling at least one or two are sneaky WARSUG'ers - come on, out yourselves! :P
[-X Never
Zebedee
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 3022
Joined: Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:42 pm
Amateur callsign: VK6DB
Location: Perth
Contact:

Re: Foundation Licence

Post by Zebedee »

Wow, what a day!

Today, Ham College held it's usual two-monthly exam session for people who've just completed the Foundation Course and for anyone else wishing to sit an exam as well.

In total, twelve separate exams were conducted, for every class of licence. We had people doing the Foundation assessment, some doing Standard, some doing Regulations and even one doing Advanced.

Everyone came well prepared, and all twelve exams were passes which was great to see.

Well done to all, especially the three WARSUG'ers who will be getting Foundation licences in the mail in the next few weeks. A little birdy tells me that a couple more from here are possibly interested also! ;)
Doug Bell (Zebedee) VK6DB
WARSUG Forum Administrator.

It is very dark.
You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
VK6ZMS
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 644
Joined: Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:39 pm
Location: 1123.6536.5321

Re: Foundation Licence

Post by VK6ZMS »

Great news !

Come on you lot who are thinking about getting on air, its a fun course that opens up many options in the radio hobby 8)
Amateur Radio Moderator
Squiddly
Posts: 2
Joined: Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:55 pm
Scanners and Receivers: Bearcat, Tait 2020, Yaesu Quad Band
Location: Clackline
Contact:

Re: Foundation Licence

Post by Squiddly »

Well I was one of those 6 sitting the Foundation License exam...OMG talk about exam nerves taking over!! I forgot everything at first!! The written exam I passed...even after making dumb mistakes! Read the questions properly they said....did I listen? Well I thought I had LOL
Time came for the practical...once again exam nerves took over and you guessed it..mental block once again!! But after much stress I Got it together and passed that to... [-o<
What a harrowing experience ...I have always suffered at exam time...some things never change apparently :oops: LOL
Having said it was a harrowing experience for me...I loved every second of it and would do it all again!
The instructors were excellent and the course quite informative...must get my nerves under control when I go for my standard license.....yes thats right...its not going to beat me and I WILL do it... :D =D> =D>
robbage
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 2993
Joined: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:06 am
Amateur callsign: VK6UFO_VK6RN
Scanners and Receivers:  
Scanners/receivers
Diamond Welz WS1000 wideband handheld
Radioshack Pro 28 handheld
Uniden UBC72XLT handheld
Uniden UBC73XLT handheld
Uniden UBC330CRS desktop

Two-way
Yaesu VX-3R 2m/70cm Ham TRX and wideband RX handheld
Yaesu FT-1802M 2m Ham TRX mobile x 2
Yaesu FT-7800R 2m/70cm Ham TRX and wide band RX mobile
Icom IC-208H 2m/70cm Ham TRX and wide band RX mobile
Icom IC-706MKIIG all-band all-mode Ham TRX mobile
Icom IC-V85 2m VHF Ham TRX handheld
Wouxun KG-UVD1P VHF/UHF wideband Ham TRX handheld
Wouxun KG-679P VHF wideband Ham TRX handheld
Wouxun KG-713 UHF wideband Ham TRX handheld
Location: Just on the border of your waking mind

Re: Foundation Licence

Post by robbage »

Good job Squiddly.
I've been a ham on and off since 1978. I had to do the prac exam a couple of years ago to get my advanced call and I was just as nervous. I made stupid basic mistakes as well :oops: Kathi was pretty good about it. Ham College has a great reputation nationally.
Rob
OF78WD
 Amateur moderator
.
Arguing with a fool proves there are two
Squiddly
Posts: 2
Joined: Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:55 pm
Scanners and Receivers: Bearcat, Tait 2020, Yaesu Quad Band
Location: Clackline
Contact:

Re: Foundation Licence

Post by Squiddly »

Thanks Rob....Don't feel quite so bad now LOL..
Ham College are quite serious about what they do, but have fun doing it???
I highly recommend them :):)
It was good to see on exam day another girl ( Claire ) there.
Nosferatu
Posts: 143
Joined: Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:26 am
Amateur callsign: VK6XS
Scanners and Receivers: Icom IC-R6
Icom IC-756
Yaesu FT-60R
Yaesu FT-2900R
Sangean ATS-909
Sangean DPR-34+

Re: Foundation Licence

Post by Nosferatu »

robbage wrote:I've been a ham on and off since 1978. I had to do the prac exam a couple of years ago to get my advanced call and I was just as nervous.
Hello Rob, how come you had to do another practical exam ? What license did you have back in 1978 ?
robbage
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 2993
Joined: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:06 am
Amateur callsign: VK6UFO_VK6RN
Scanners and Receivers:  
Scanners/receivers
Diamond Welz WS1000 wideband handheld
Radioshack Pro 28 handheld
Uniden UBC72XLT handheld
Uniden UBC73XLT handheld
Uniden UBC330CRS desktop

Two-way
Yaesu VX-3R 2m/70cm Ham TRX and wideband RX handheld
Yaesu FT-1802M 2m Ham TRX mobile x 2
Yaesu FT-7800R 2m/70cm Ham TRX and wide band RX mobile
Icom IC-208H 2m/70cm Ham TRX and wide band RX mobile
Icom IC-706MKIIG all-band all-mode Ham TRX mobile
Icom IC-V85 2m VHF Ham TRX handheld
Wouxun KG-UVD1P VHF/UHF wideband Ham TRX handheld
Wouxun KG-679P VHF wideband Ham TRX handheld
Wouxun KG-713 UHF wideband Ham TRX handheld
Location: Just on the border of your waking mind

Re: Foundation Licence

Post by robbage »

The only prac exam back then was CW. There was Novice, Limited and Full licence. I had Novice which was more or less like Standard. Limited licence was the same as full licence but without the CW requirement (HF was out of bounds for Limited). VHF and UHF was out of bounds for Novice. I think we were allowed the same HF bands as Foundation is now.
I more or less inherited the Standard level when everthing was restructured (in 2005 I think?) which means we gained VHF and UHF for free :-) Limited licences became full licences because CW was no longer a requirement (hoorah!)

Anybody else who is still has a Novice certificate since before that time will also have to do the prac if they want to upgrade to advanced.

I found out most of the above here at WARSUG when I got the urge to get a callsign again. People here pointed out I didn't have to start from scratch and do all the exams etc.
The prac exam requirement was a surprise when I upgraded though. I was waiting for the new callsign when Ham College got an email saying I needed to do it.
Rob
OF78WD
 Amateur moderator
.
Arguing with a fool proves there are two
Post Reply