Welcome to the July 2022 edition of RadCom Basics, as usual there’s lots for both beginners and experienced amateurs just looking to refresh their knowledge. To read this edition, go to rsgb.org/radcom-basics and login with your RSGB Membership Services details. In this edition – With a tight budget – Part 2 How do I get […]
A new look for RadCom Basics and a free edition! Welcome to the new look RadCom Basics—we hope you enjoy the new magazine format RadCom Basics is now available in our HTML5 flipbook viewer for the first time ever, and the PDF version is now available as a single file download. To give all our […]
We are pleased to announce the publication of the new Direct to Full examination syllabus.
Enrolments for the Direct to Full examinations will open in January 2023, six months after the publication of the new syllabus.
The examination is specifically aimed at aspiring amateurs who are already competent in related technical subjects. However, it will be open to all, and Foundation and Intermediate amateurs are free to enrol for the Direct to Full examination or continue along the three-tier route as they wish. No credit transfer between the two routes will be possible.
Although the Direct to Full syllabus draws heavily on the existing syllabus it is a separate examination with a different syllabus item numbering scheme. In particular the Operating section has moved to Section 2 after licensing. That is to facilitate the split marking of the examination. Part 1, Licensing and operating comprises at total of 18 questions with a pass mark of 14 (77.7%). Part 2, the remaining more technical topics, comprises 57 questions with a pass mark of 36 (63.2%). Two and a half hours are allowed for both parts which must be passed in one sitting.
The only new item, compared to the three-tier syllabus version 1.5 which introduced EMF (electromagnetic field) compliance, is the addition of aperture antennas in section 5D1.
We would like to thank everyone who contributed to the creation of the Direct to Full syllabus including the Examinations and Syllabus Review Group, the Examination Standards Committee, all who participated in the consultation exercise and the technical and training specialists who provided detailed feedback.
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We apologize for the downtime on our website yesterday, our service provider experienced a major failure at a data centre which impacted a number of websites. Services have mostly been restored but there may be some intermittent downtime while their systems return to normal. Our apologies for any inconvenience.
The RSGB National Radio Centre (NRC) at Bletchley Park is looking to recruit volunteers, particularly for duties on Mondays, Thursdays and at the weekend. If you think this volunteer role is for you, or you want more information, please contact the NRC co-ordinator, Martyn, G0GMB on nrcsupport@rsgb.org.uk.
The Argentine Antarctic Stations at San Martin, AN-016, Belgrano II, AN-016, and Marambio, AN-013, are expected to be active on 14.190MHz every Saturday in July between 1300 and 1800UTC. Look for the call signs LU1ZD, LU1ZG and LU4ZS respectively. QSL all three stations via LU4DXU.
The IARU Region 1 Monitoring Service Newsletter for June 2022 is now available. You can read about a new unknown signal on the 15m band. It was present on 21.0035MHz for several days with long-lasting transmissions. It was also received several times in the vicinity of 21.122MHz. There were also several unknown signals on the […]
The two-part Scandinavian Activity Contest was due to take place on 17 and 18 September 2022 for the CW leg and 8 and 9 October 2022 for the SSB leg. The SAC Contest Committee has unanimously decided to cancel this year’s two sections of the contest. The decision has been made due to the ongoing […]
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