German Klasse K Licence Postponed

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It appears that the potential new K class German entry licence has been postponed indefinitely.

“The discussion on the introduction of another license class has been postponed indefinitely, because it can not be ruled out that such an introduction could restrict the self-construction privilege of amateur radio operators.”
— DARC Report

Sweden Releases Amateur Radio Training Guide

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Sweden's National Amateur Radio Society SSA has released a preliminary version of their 599 page (PDF format) training book KonCEPT for the country's CEPT HAREC compatible amateur radio exam 

The update of SSA educational materials has taken over a year to achieve by a small group, whose main focus has been on updating the booklet KonCEPT for Amateur Radio Certificates to a new second edition.

Sweden Releases Amateur Radio Training Guide

The purpose has been to cover the requirements of CEPT HAREC, and to reflect changes in regulations, standards and recommendations in the 20 years since the first edition was published.

Material previously supplied in separate supplements has now been included in the book and several completely new chapters have been added.

SSA Training Guide (PDF in Swedish) - http://akademin.ssa.se/files/koncept-pdf/koncept.pdf

RSGB Exam Syllabus Review

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Online Amateur Radio Club Essex Ham has published an update on the proposed new syllabus for the amateur radio Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced RSGB Exams

With the proposed new syllabus to be finalised by the end of 2017, with the first exams based on the new syllabus are intended to take place in January 2019.

Essex Ham RSGB Exam Syllabus Review - https://www.essexham.co.uk/news/rsgb-syllabus-review-update-oct-2017.html