[Sderby] Amateur radio licences

[Stuart Marshall]

Mr P D. Johnson wrote:

> 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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Stuart
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