[Waverley ARS] Fwd: next weekends Foundation course

[Brad Crowe]

>Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 23:03:57 +1000
>To: VK2BV Members <members at vk2bv.org>
>From: Brad Crowe <bcrowe at tpg.com.au>
>Subject: next weekends Foundation course
>
>Hi everyone,
>
>Our next Foundation licence course is happening 
>next weekend (July 15-16).  Eric will be 
>overseas so Raffy VK2RF, possibly Binu VK2BNG 
>and I will be (first time) WIA Assessors.  Grant 
>VK2TU is officiating as our experienced Invigilator.
>
>Would all those able to help with the lecturing 
>please let me know as soon as possible by 
>e-mail.  Or if you are just available to help 
>that is appreciated as well. The course will be 
>the same format as earlier ones with various 
>lecturers sharing the load.  There is no need 
>for lecturers to attend the whole of the 
>weekend, although they are more than welcome.  I 
>will post an e-mail of the final schedule of 
>lectures later on but basically the lectures 
>closely follow the Foundation License book.
>
>The course will be in 5 sessions, 4 on Saturday 
>and one on Sunday followed by the assessments.
>
>A DRAFT plan is as follows:
>         If you have any comments or 
> suggestions, please let me know!  I can't find 
> where Eric set out various start times for 
> prior courses, so I am certain that the below 
> times will need to be fine tuned, again any 
> comments would be appreciated.  Does anyone 
> have the past schedule with start time for each sessions?
>
>Session 1 (SATURDAY morning)
>         8:30    Registration
>         8:45    Introduction ­ Slides 1-10
>         9:15    Nature of Amateur Radio ­ Slides 11-15
>         10:15   Break
>         10:30   Practical exercise using HTs to make contacts
>         11:00   Licence Conditions ­ Slides 16-26
>
>Session 2 (SATURDAY morning)
>
>         12:00   Technical Basics ­ Slides 27-51
>
>LUNCH
>         1:30    Lunch - suggest next door at the Rose Bay RSL
>
>Session 3 (SATURDAY afternoon)
>
>         2:15    Transmitters & Receivers ­ Slides 52 ­ 70
>         3:15    Break including practical HF contacts
>         3:45    Transmission Lines & Antennas ­ Slides 71 ­ 93
>         5:00    End of day
>
>Session 4 (SATURDAY afternoon)
>
>         8:30    Propagation ­ Slides 94-103
>         9:45    Break including practical exercise using SWR and ATU
>         Interference ­ Slides 104-118
>
>Session 5 (SUNDAY morning)
>
>         8:30    IRLP & Repeaters ­ Slides 135-136
>         9:30    practical exercise using HTs 
> for IRLP and tones for repeaters demonstration
>         10:00   Safety ­ Slides 120-134
>         11:00   End of lectures
>
>Session 6 (SUNDAY afternoon)
>
>         11:30   Written examinations commence
>                 (for Foundation 10 minutes 
> instruction, 10 minutes reading time and 30 minutes exam)
>                 We need to make some practical 
> consideration for those sitting Standard Theory 
> and Reg exams as these are longer duration.  Suggestions???
>         12:30   assessors commence marking
>         1:00    Lunch
>         1:45    Practical Assessments begin (approx 30 minutes per person)
>
>The sessions should take around 1 ­ 1 ½ hour 
>each with practical sessions between sessions. A 
>break for lunch will be between sessions 2 and 3 
>with session 5 on Sunday morning after which the assessments will take place.
>
>We won't have Eric to do the first session this 
>time!  Would those of you who have volunteered 
>to help with the lecturing please let me know 
>which session(s) you would prefer to do.
>
>Lecturers can download the slide show for their 
>presentation from the WIA web site if they want 
>to brush up a little on their subject.
>Go to:  http://www.wia.org.au/
>         EDUCATION
>                 ACCREDITED ASSESSOR INFORMATION
>                         FOUNDATION TRAINING SLIDES V1.1
>(It is about 8Mb)
>
>Also go to the following which is instructive 
>reading summarising what we need to teach or 
>what the candidates may be examined on.
>         EDUCATION
>                 FOUNDATION LICENSE
>                         FOUNDATION LICENSE SYLLABUS
>73 Brad VK2CEC