September 20, 2020

UK Amateur Radio Exam Report Released

September 20, 2020/ Colin Butler

The RSGB Examinations Standards Committee (ESC) report covering 2019 is now available to download

The report contains statistics for the both the RSGB amateur radio exams and the Air Cadets Organisation (ACO) exam which Ofcom considers to be equivalent to the RSGB Foundation.

Ofcom has been concerned about the participation of women in amateur radio and STEM disciplines. They requested the ESC to publish figures for the number of women taking the exams. Unfortunately, the results are disappointing with only 9.9% of all exams being taken by women.

Download the ESC report - https://rsgb.org/main/blog/examination-standards-committee-reports/2020/09/18/examinations-standards-committee-report-2020-for-activities-during-2019/

August 30, 2020

Hawaii Ham Radio exams in USA during pandemic

August 30, 2020/ Colin Butler

In Hawaii, VE Team leader and Section Manager Joe Speroni, AH0A, said he and his team passed the 100-candidate mark on August 10 for video-supervised remote test sessions. Speroni said the most recent session administered exams to 10 candidates simultaneously.

July 19, 2020

Successful Foundation Webinar

July 19, 2020/ Colin Butler

On Tuesday 30th June 2020, Essex Ham held a Webinar for those studying for their amateur radio Foundation licence which attracted 258 participants

Among the topics covered were Handhelds, RSGB Exams, HF bands, Waterproofing PL259s. Echolink, Logging, ERP, plus live demonstrations of repeater and simplex contacts, and the SDR dongle.

The next free amateur radio Foundation Online training course run by volunteers from Essex Ham starts on Sunday 5th July 2020.

Essex Ham Training - https://www.essexham.co.uk/train/foundation-online/