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Re: Advanced Licence

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My licence just arrived yesterday, 5 weeks after my callsign appeared on the database :shock:
I notice the tax portion is a dollar less and the licence part is a dollar more that it was this time last year. Also I notice that I paid for 365 days and only got 355. Anybody else with a recent callsign get the same? Zebedee?
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Re: Advanced Licence

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robbage wrote:My licence just arrived yesterday, 5 weeks after my callsign appeared on the database :shock:
I notice the tax portion is a dollar less and the licence part is a dollar more that it was this time last year. Also I notice that I paid for 365 days and only got 355. Anybody else with a recent callsign get the same? Zebedee?
Ummmmmmm - my licence seems to be valid for the full year ...

Date of issue: 1/5/09
Date of effect: 12/6/09
Date of expiry: 11/6/10

Don't remember what the dollar amounts were :)
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Re: Advanced Licence

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robbage wrote:. Also I notice that I paid for 365 days and only got 355. Anybody else with a recent callsign get the same? Zebedee?
Yeah I was short changed with my standard licence.
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I missed out on this years course, so ive enrolled for the advance course through the radio and electronics school, hopefully it wont be toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hard....
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Re: Advanced Licence

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You will blitz it. Just a bit more work.......
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Just done the advanced exam in Mt Barker last weekend, found it easier than the standard exam.
Past it with ease. :roll: 8)
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Nick wrote:You will blitz it. Just a bit more work.......
haha Thanks Nick
Radzeck wrote:Just done the advanced exam in Mt Barker last weekend, found it easier than the standard exam.
Past it with ease. :roll: 8)
Well done, Thats prommising isnt it, how often do they hold the advanced down there?
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Re: Advanced Licence

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Good luck to all the people sitting ham exams on the weekend. Then you can all -> :smt015
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thanks Robbage - going to need all the luck I can get!

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You will blitz it Meg :smt023
Don't do what I did the night before my advanced exam. I smoked a few big cigars and had one too many Becks.
Didn't feel to well on exam day :oops:
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Re: Advanced Licence

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VK6ZMS wrote:You will blitz it Meg :smt023
Don't do what I did the night before my advanced exam. I smoked a few big cigars and had one too many Becks.
Didn't feel to well on exam day :oops:
Thanks Martin - I have my fingers crossed :-)

That said, I may be in a similar state to you on the day, tomorrow is my birthday :shock:

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Re: Advanced Licence

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Whats the deal with the prac? if you have had ur licence longer then 5 yrs then u have to do that as well?

What type of practical is it? or do they change it up?

I looked into getting mine upgraded thru prior learning (being a Tech by trade) but it seems like even more work then just going for the exam.
why do WIA make every thing so hard?
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VK6 NDT wrote:Whats the deal with the prac? if you have had ur licence longer then 5 yrs then u have to do that as well?

What type of practical is it? or do they change it up?

I looked into getting mine upgraded thru prior learning (being a Tech by trade) but it seems like even more work then just going for the exam.
why do WIA make every thing so hard?
You have to do the prac if you've never done it before. Usually this will be for people who got their NAOCP and still are. I went through the same. There's info on the WIA website regarding the prac. When I did the advanced exam, they forgot I had to do the prac as well :) I had to got back a few weeks later. It should be the same one everybody has to do now. Identify different types of transmission line, connectors, components. Show you can operate an HF rig and an FM rig on simplex. Explain how you might make a choke balun etc

Look here http://www.wia.org.au/licences/assessor/documentation/
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well, Missed out on last years, but now The next one is coming up in about 20 or so days. Apparently, Its Incredibly hard to pass.
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slipknot wrote:well, Missed out on last years, but now The next one is coming up in about 20 or so days. Apparently, Its Incredibly hard to pass.
I got 88% on the exam without doing the course and I'm not the brightest LED on the display. Anybody that can pass the standard exam with flying colours shouldn't have too many problems!
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