WA Radio Scanner Users' Group

well done folks!

Thanks martin machell told me that you wanted to know, haha, and thanks Robb WPXZBP and Tyranus, Dont know how you guys found out but thats wiked. Thanks for your help back there too meg and well done to you too. =D>

Special thanks to Zebedee for helping me with transport too =D> [-o<

Ham collage are pretty good at what they do, we are pretty lucky to have them in WA.

and Nath, well done dude.

Zebedee wrote:

meg wrote:Thanks all - tonight is the night! I'm sitting staring at my text book and wondering what any of it means

Turn it the other way up

It was all fine - I just turned the exam paper upside down too

Thanks all, it was fun doing the course, and will be even more fun when the new callsign comes through and I can use those 100 watts!

meg wrote:

Zebedee wrote:

meg wrote:Thanks all - tonight is the night! I'm sitting staring at my text book and wondering what any of it means

Turn it the other way up

It was all fine - I just turned the exam paper upside down too

Oh of course - why didn't I think of that?

Congratulations to our three WARSUG members on passing their exams tonight - Meg, Slipknot and Nafenn. Two upgrades and one new licencee to add to the list!

Now the finger drumming begins, waiting for the callsign to appear on the ACMA database, hehe.

And VK6NDT - this course has seen both extremes, an evaporative air cooler running full tilt in the first few weeks as we sweltered through the summer, and a heater on maximum in the last few weeks once we got into winter

Yep, as soon as the class ended i made sure the heater was turned off at the split second class ended to futher save power

meg wrote:It was all fine - I just turned the exam paper upside down too

Well that explains why you have the radio mounted upside down and you talk into the antenna.

Well done Nafe as well! Hope to hear you Avian Mobile soon.

The 2010 Ham College Standard course begins on Tuesday the 9th February at Lynwood Scout Hall and runs until June.

There are still a few places left for any Foundation licencees, or other people interested in obtaining their Standard licence.

Please contact Ham College via the website to register, or feel free to post in here or PM myself if you want any more information.

Zebedee wrote:The 2009 Ham College Standard course begins on Tuesday the 9th February at Lynwood Scout Hall and runs until June.

G'day Zeb - You might mean 2010...?

If only it wasn't so far away....

VK6LD wrote:G'day Zeb - You might mean 2010...?

Not at all... this is the new time-travelling option, so you can get your licence quicker!

{Fixed date in original post - thanks Rob }

How long does it take for an upgraded licence (F-callto Standard) take (paperwork) ?

I am yet to call the wia - just let it take its course - but wonder if there are any delays in the process ???

A few weeks ago now i passed the exam and still nothing on the net - nor in the mail - just paper pushing i guess....

I dont recall it taking this long for the lonely old F-call ??

Just a general question

orangepeel wrote:How long does it take for an upgraded licence (F-callto Standard) take ?

How many weeks ago? I recall I had to wait about 6 weeks, but that was because someone at the WIA was on leave. If it's been 4 weeks or more, definitely give them a call.

orangepeel wrote:How long does it take for an upgraded licence (F-callto Standard) take (paperwork) ?

It really does vary quite significantly. Every exam pack has to go to the WIA to be processed first. If there were a lot of exams run around the country on a particular weekend, then it takes longer to go through them one by one. And of course, it always takes a day longer for the post to get from WA ... even when we use an express post envelope (which we do). So WA's paperwork is always at the bottom of the pile

As a very very rough guideline, it takes between two to three weeks for it to get through the WIA and another two to three weeks to get through the ACMA.

If you chose your own callsign, then take a look at the WIA's callsign page and see if your nominated callsign has disappeared from the "available" ones. If it has, that means you (or someone else) has had their callsign paperwork processed. That gives you a clue how far along the chain your paperwork has gotten

When I did the advanced exam, I waited 5 or 6 weeks before I finally rang WIA and asked what was going on. They said there was a problem because I hadn't done the prac exam. But they weren't going to contact me and tell me that They have always been helpful on the phone.

Just received the paperwork from the WIA - however nothing on the ACMA website nor in the mail from them as yet ??!!??

God knows how long ACMA will take in processing the paperwork on their end.

The WIA claim that the paperwork was sent thru to the ACMA on the 3rd .... so - who knows ...