Foundation exam tonight - wish me luck.

**Richard** · Thu 19th May 2011, 11:48

Well its been a long time coming after having problems motivating the club i joined to put on an exam and after six months with no joy at all and moving to another club who were happy to help me. Tonight is the night i sit the foundation exam. I have been practising on hamtests for ages and am scoring 23 - 25 each time so hopefully i will pass with a comfortuble margin, however i will settle for any score as long as it is a pass.

Wish me luck!

**M0WAO** · Thu 19th May 2011, 13:24

if you did those hamtest you will pass with flying colours

**2e0sql** · Thu 19th May 2011, 17:18

Good luck with the exam Richard and look forward to hearing how you got on!

**John_D** · Thu 19th May 2011, 17:34

Richard, its good to see you aiming to progress to the Licence....Good luck and let us know.

**Richard** · Thu 19th May 2011, 20:53

Thanks everyone. I am very pleased to say that i have passed the exam. I got 22 out of 25. But hey, a pass is a pass. I should have a callsign and be on the air by this time next week!

**M0WAO** · Thu 19th May 2011, 21:18

very

well done!

if the club send the papers off tomorrow to rsgb you might have your callsign on wednesday / thursday.

just create an account on the ofcom web site and check if you can apply for your foundation licence.

**2e0sql** · Thu 19th May 2011, 21:45

Originally Posted by Richard

Thanks everyone. I am very pleased to say that i have passed the exam. I got 22 out of 25. But hey, a pass is a pass. I should have a callsign and be on the air by this time next week!

Excellent! have you already purchased some radio gear to get on the air?

**Richard** · Thu 19th May 2011, 22:18

Yes i have a philips FM1000 on 2M, a Yaesu VX7R for 2m, 70cm and 6m. The antenna i have is an x50 colinear. I will be looking to buy a HF rig in the coming months but what i have should be enough to get me started.

**techiesteve** · Fri 20th May 2011, 05:44

Congratulations on passing.

**M6PAP** · Fri 20th May 2011, 07:59

Very well done.
Our paperwork went first class on the Monday morning and we got call signs late on the Wednesday afternoon, so yours could be Tuesday!!

**John_D** · Fri 20th May 2011, 11:12

Well done....its great to see some-one taking the legal route to our great hobby. There are so many interesting aspects to it today compared to when I was first licenced. (OK I'm grumpy ol' bugger!) Today, Richard, you can explore all the various modes of digital..... Most of these only need low power so no need to worry if you dont have 100 watts yet. I use only 20w to a 30 feet lw which is at 15 feet over the ground and get all over the world using various digital modes. (I live in restricted accommodation....and no it's not a prison...)
BTW when you come across any muppets on 2m remember that they do not represent the hobby.... (same goes for 80M as well) There are many ol' timers who will help you.

**M0WAO** · Fri 20th May 2011, 15:03

Originally Posted by John_D

I use only 20w to a 30 feet lw which is at 15 feet over the ground and get all over the world using various digital modes.

hmmm, with the foundation licence he just got... he will need intermediate for that

**G6NHU** · Fri 20th May 2011, 17:22

Congratulations Richard, that's a good pass.

**Richard** · Mon 23rd May 2011, 17:02

I have just checked the ofcom website and now have a callsign. I wanted my initials but they were not availiable. So opted for M6RIK and it was issued to me. Mike Six Romeo India Kilo. I'm very happy.

**M6PAP** · Mon 23rd May 2011, 17:21

Well done catch you on the air very soon.
I had that problem as well but at least you got close, I wanted PJP but mine is XYL's initials.
Or Pete And Pauline!!

**M0WAO** · Mon 23rd May 2011, 22:08

Originally Posted by Richard

I have just checked the ofcom website and now have a callsign. I wanted my initials but they were not availiable. So opted for M6RIK and it was issued to me. Mike Six Romeo India Kilo. I'm very happy.

now you can ask one of the admins to change your userid into you new callsign