[Sderby] Amateur radio licences

[Mr P D. Johnson]

Pete & Cathy wrote:

> 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)
>
>
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Paul
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