[Sderby] Amateur radio licences

[Pete & Cathy]

Mike Hemstock wrote:

>Folks,
>
>A while a go a few of you expressed an interest in getting an amateur radio 
>licence.  I have spoken to Frank Whitehead (the last person in Derby to teach 
>TV and radio repair!) today who advised me that he plans to run all three 
>courses at Nunsfield House provided that he can get the numbers.
>
>The courses will start in September starting with the Foundation, which runs 
>for four weeks for three hours each Saturday morning.  Following on from that 
>is the Intermediate and Full RAE.  They are a little (read: quite a lot) more 
>involved and run for quite a while!  As I understand it (and maybe Paul or 
>Stuart could confirm or deny this) you can start with any course you like, so 
>if you think you might be interested, try the foundation and if you know your 
>interested go for the RAE.
>
>There are currently 6 people signed up for the foundation, so that course will 
>run and you are welcome to join it.  The RAE currently has one person signed 
>up, so I'd like five others to sign up so that the course will run!!!
>
>The foundation is £25 and the others are a little more.  If anyone has any 
>questions please email me.  If anyone would like to sign up, email me for 
>more info.  If anyone thinks this info is inaccurate, it probably is!
>
>If anyone would like an example question off the former Novice exam, here it 
>is:
>
>Q. Smoke can be seen coming from the vents of a piece of electrical equipment.  
>Should you:
>
>A) Have a bucket of water ready in case the equipment catches fire.
>B) Allow the smoke to continue until the equipment catches fire.
>C) Turn it off.
>D) Make a note of the event in the station log book.
>
>Once again, five people need to volunteer for the RAE, otherwise I will pick 
>five!
>
>Mike.
>
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Hi,

just wondering how many of us have a ticket already?

regards, Peter (G0TVI)