View Poll Results: What is the next licence you are studying for??

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  • UK Foundation

    3 6.98%

  • UK Intermediate

    5 11.63%

  • UK Advanced (Full)

    4 9.30%

  • US Technician

    0 0%

  • US General Class

    7 16.28%

  • US Amateur Extra

    8 18.60%

  • I'm Done Studying

    12 27.91%

  • Other Countries Exam

    0 0%

  • Other (explain in reply)

    2 4.65%

  • Morse Ticket

    2 4.65%
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  1. Sat 7th May 2011, 10:37 #21
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    Well done Steve!
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  2. Sat 7th May 2011, 10:37 #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by stewmath View Post
    there must be something more you can get to legally goto the 1.5kw this amplifier is for.

    Someone clarify because i havnt got a clue.
    just use very bad quality coax cable and check how many watts you actually get at the antenna :-D
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  3. Sat 7th May 2011, 10:38 #23
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    Quote Originally Posted by bitman View Post
    having my exams today (07/05/2k11)

    13:30 foundation and at 15:00 intermediate
    No pressure then.

    Best of luck.
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  4. Sat 7th May 2011, 10:41 #24
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    Quote Originally Posted by stewmath View Post
    ...If your only licensed to goto 400watts then there must be something more you can get to legally goto the 1.5kw this amplifier is for.

    Someone clarify because i havnt got a clue.
    If you are buying an amplifier to run at 400W, you don't really want to buy a 400W amplifier. Much better (if money permits) to buy a 1000W Amplifier and run it at 40%.
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  5. Sat 7th May 2011, 13:39 #25
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    Good luck, you should pass. Are you going for the Advanced later or is it too early to decide?

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    having my exams today (07/05/2k11)

    13:30 foundation and at 15:00 intermediate
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  6. Sat 7th May 2011, 16:17 #26
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    Since getting my Novice license back in 1959, I've held every class of amateur license the USA has ever had except Technician. Got my Extra in 1975. Had First Class Radiotelephone AND First Class Telegraph (commercial licenses) with all the endorsements). I'm licensed out!
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  7. Sat 7th May 2011, 16:20 #27
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    Quote Originally Posted by techiesteve View Post
    Good luck, you should pass. Are you going for the Advanced later or is it too early to decide?
    just back from the club, passed both

    yeah, i will do advanced as i want to become /mm
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  8. Sat 7th May 2011, 18:42 #28
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    I started playing radio in the 70's took foundation 2010 so intermediate I guess about 2050 should do it!!
    To be serious though I'm happy with what I've got, had we not got HF it would have been different.
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  9. Sun 8th May 2011, 19:14 #29
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    First lesson Thursday 12th May 2011.
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  10. Thu 2nd Jun 2011, 20:37 #30
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    As previous post passed Foundation so now begining Intermediate. had a look at Ham tests and did the first 10 questions. Shows how little I know!!!! got one out of ten. Anyway gets the brain cells working something different than AutoCAD. Looking forward to learning. As I have always liked morse as did it with the TA many years ago it is bringing back an interest even if it is not now needed for the Full Licence. It certainly makes me realize how little I know about electronics. Big learning curve.
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  11. Fri 26th Aug 2011, 16:32 #31
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    Intermediate...Its time for me to move up (Looking for info is how I found this forum). I just need to find a club local enough for me to travel that are planning an exam.
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  12. Tue 30th Aug 2011, 20:19 #32
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    Hoping to just become competant at CW at a slow speed one day....the Full will have to wait a few years I feel.
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  13. Tue 30th Aug 2011, 21:58 #33
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    Personally I'M DONE STUDYING, for licenses anyway! WHY you may ask! Because, he says, I PASSED my EXTRA class about 3 weeks ago!!! Now all I'm waiting for is my vanity call I requested after getting a 2x2 from sequential that most have said, a mouth full and kind of had to say ..AE5ZJ
    Still will continue to learn and now maybe I'll give CW a whirl!!
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  14. Wed 31st Aug 2011, 13:50 #34
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    Delta Radio Club is putting on a GREAT deal for a course on the Advanced Exam here in Canada: $120 for 20 hrs course, including the exam. Since I've always wanted to build QRP transmitters, I'm in (it starts in Oct). I'm also studying Morse, although with my Basic+ (honours), I can transmit CW or SSB on the HF bands. But it's kinda silly to tx CW when you don't know it...

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  15. Tue 8th Nov 2011, 16:14 #35
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ray Stewart View Post
    I have been trying to find somewhere to take my Foundation training and exam over say 3 weekends..seem to be having trouble finding someone/where who will take this on within a 50/60 miles radius of Halifax.. West Yorks..Thing is I don't get back into Halifax until 28th September and I only have 3 weeks there before I'm off again....Any offers anyone!!!
    I found a club that would take me on for training...M0oct in Chesterfield..I take my M6 exam on the 12th November...only taken me 18 months to find somewhere..Then on to the Intermediate for more POWER!!
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  16. Fri 11th Nov 2011, 14:04 #36
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    I will be upgrading to US General Class in the near future.

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  17. Sat 12th Nov 2011, 13:03 #37
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    Quote Originally Posted by techiesteve View Post
    Good luck, you should pass. Are you going for the Advanced later or is it too early to decide?
    doing advanced on the 5th dec 2011
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  18. Mon 14th Nov 2011, 00:40 #38
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    I'm working on Extra Class (usa), I'm hoping to take the test before they change the question pool Middle of next year.
    But at the rate I'm going I'll be lucky to make it, work keeps getting in the way!!
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  19. Sat 19th Nov 2011, 20:35 #39
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    Just passed my Advanced Exam (96%) - now I'm really dangerous! Unfortunately we don't get different callsigns in Canada when we get higher licenses.

    Next step is to learn Morse Code so I can use the CW transmitter I'm building...

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