The basic course usually consists of two to three weekends (or a combination of weekends and weekday evenings) for a total of 24-30 hours of instruction and demonstrations with the final exam being given on the last day of the course.

The course consists of:

• Rules and regulations
• Operating procedures
• Station assembly, practice and safety
• Basic electronic theory
• Feed lines and antennae
• Radio wave propagation
• Interference and suppression

The final exam consists of 100 questions with a pass mark of 70%.  This will qualify the student for VHF and UHF privileges and a call sign.  Those who achieve a pass mark of 80% or better qualifies them for the HF bands privileges.  Students are encouraged to download the exam generator from the Industry Canada web site  http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/smt-gst.nsf/en/h_sf05378e.html or  Examiner from RAC .ca http://www.rac.ca/fieldorg/exhaminer.htm to assist the learning process.

For further information please contact us via email va7hyd@rac.ca