Foundation course.
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Foundation course.
I'm going in for the first day of a foundation course tomorrow.
Any advice
I have the practical elements next week, the 20 meter contact part is worrying me. Should I use the FT817, with mag mount & mobile whip like last time?, or go back to the Miracle whip or use the roach rod & wire or should I take a my Cody Kite & use a kite lifted antenna ?
Also only being a M0 is it hard moving all the way up to up to an M6?
Any advice
I have the practical elements next week, the 20 meter contact part is worrying me. Should I use the FT817, with mag mount & mobile whip like last time?, or go back to the Miracle whip or use the roach rod & wire or should I take a my Cody Kite & use a kite lifted antenna ?
Also only being a M0 is it hard moving all the way up to up to an M6?
Re: Foundation course.
???? you are the teacher????
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Re: Foundation course.
It's a sit at the back day, as I want to watch someone else doing it. I'm setting up a new radio club at a school & I want to look at the material from the back as it's presented & think about how I'm going to cut it up into lunch time sized chunks at the school.
I normally do the HF contact, as it is recommended that 20 meters is used & a normal 20 meter you are 5 & 9 & your number is 012 is not acceptable.
Last foundation course I used my mag mount, 20 meter whip & 817, total cost to me under £250 & made 3 really good eastern European contacts in the 20 minutes I spent waiting, using my 5 watts.
I normally do the HF contact, as it is recommended that 20 meters is used & a normal 20 meter you are 5 & 9 & your number is 012 is not acceptable.
Last foundation course I used my mag mount, 20 meter whip & 817, total cost to me under £250 & made 3 really good eastern European contacts in the 20 minutes I spent waiting, using my 5 watts.
Re: Foundation course.
good look with the club,try to do the intermediate as well for the kids,my club did its first the other week (the one i passed) and they where very pleased how it went and are going to run more now.not much harder than the m3 so the kids shouldnt have a problem.
2E0ZMO- Moderator
- Call Sign : 2e0zmo
Other Call Signs : m3zmo
Locator : io83nn
DXCC Entity : england
HF Rig : icom ic706mk1
HF Antenna : g5rv
VHF / UHF Rig : icom ic2800,yaesu ft7800
VHF / UHF Antenna : tri band colinear,duel band on the van
HandHeld : puxing px777
Preferred Bands : 2m,70cm ,20m
Location : NORTHWEST ENGLAND
Registration date : 2007-10-10
Number of posts : 547
Points : 332
Reputation : 16
Re: Foundation course.
We already have several young amateurs in the City & a very active junior section to the local amateur radio club with several members, one of them being my 10 year old daughter who are licenced & 2 or 3 of them have 2E0's.
Locally we have several Scout groups who have had foundation courses provided by our club, with one group now only having 2 or 3 scouts who are not licenced.
Locally anyone of any age or disability has free training available to all levels if they want it.
Locally we have several Scout groups who have had foundation courses provided by our club, with one group now only having 2 or 3 scouts who are not licenced.
Locally anyone of any age or disability has free training available to all levels if they want it.
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