Alex Discovers Amateur Radio

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We’ll get the RSGB Foundation
Licence NOW Study Guide and we
can go through everything together.
You can practice
and do the practical
assessment at our
School Radio Club
Surely you’ve not forgotten we’re going
to the National Hamfest today with a
group from the Radio Club.
We need some coax and some other bits
and pieces, and it’s time to start looking for a
base station for the shack and a radio for
you. There are often some special show
offers and second-hand bargains.
Let’s go. If we can get one
at a good price I think I have
saved enough now for a radio
like Mady’s.
Alex read through the Study guide
Foundation Licence Now with his
dad explaining the bits that he
didn’t immediately understand.
Along with this - and practical
experience, and a bit more help,
gained at the Radio Club he had
recently joined - Alex quickly knew
enough to demonstrate he was
safe using Amateur Radio
Equipment and that he understood
the correct operating procedures.
The Club Tutor awarded Alex his
official RCF Practical Assessment
Record of Achievement. This
meant that Alex was legally able to
operate the club’s Full licence
station under supervision. It also
meant he could now take the
examination for his own
Foundation Licence. Alex took the
test at the local Radio Club and like
many people passed first time.
That would
be great.
Why get up so early
on a SATURDAY?
Rise and shine kiddo.
It’s Saturday 07 hundred.
The National Hamfest is an annual event run by Lincoln Short Wave Club with the
support and assistance of the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB). It takes place
over two days at the beginning of October / end of September each year and is held at
Newark and Nottingham Showground, Newark, NG24 2NY. All the major retailers have
stands as well as lots of smaller traders, clubs, and organizations. Admission tickets are
cheaper if ordered in advance on the Internet. More details at