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foundation licence teaching materials

Please note that the content of this page is now out-of-date. I will try and update it when I get a moment, but for now please do not rely on it for examination training. You might, however, like to look at my propagation notes or the talks I have given.

Following the successful Foundation Licence course that the CUWS held at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in March 2002 (and other courses since then), the teaching resources we used are available for download below.

The Powerpoint show on this page has now been updated for the new (September 2003) syllabus (TNX: G3ZAY). The test questions relate to the previous syllabus for the moment, and so this does not include questions on the Phonetic Alphabet or Electrical Symbols and it does make a Class A/B distinction.

I have now converted the questions from Word 2000 to PDF (Acrobat) format, as this should enable more people to view it. The content has also changed slightly - I made a small revision in July 2002, which I forgot to upload at the time. Apologies.

Dominic.
Lead Instructor FDVM0BLF.

Please note that these resources are designed for other Lead Instructors, not for students or prospective students. All of this material is, of course, available free of charge, but please respect our copyright ownership and acknowledge the authors if you choose to use the materials in any other way. Thank you.

• Powerpoint Slideshow 383kB Powerpoint Format
  About seventy slides covering the entire syllabus. Note that the Bangor and District ARS are also offering a similar slideshow - we do not mean to tread on their toes, but we had promised to put this online before the Bangor service was announced in the April 2002 RadCom. The old syllabus version is also available (1861kB Powerpoint Format).
• Test questions 198kB PDF Format
  About two/three pages of questions per syllabus topic that can be used in a weekend course to ensure that students are familiar with the theory. If you find any problem questions here, let me know and I'll correct them. Note that answers are not supplied but my reasoning behind some of the 'ambiguous questions' is.
• QSO Scripts 5kB RTF Format (Can be viewed in most word-processors)
  Designed to assist students in maknig their sample QSOs during the Foundation Course Practical. Remember to change the callsigns etc. before use!