Thx

Doing one of these a night .. thx again for the course !

Thank you very much for the help/ Passed my exam on Sunday. I used all your uploads to reinforce my studies. I found them all very helpful, thanks!

I greatly appreciate you making this course free..

This chap speaks sense. Being in my mid 60s. I am a bit late to the hobby. I did the full course back in 1998 via the post. 18 modules. I did find it a bit difficult. Unfortunately I was made redundant and never did the exam. I may have scraped through who knows. I never bothered again. It felt like the people who are at the top don't really want any body but the best to become Radio Hams and make the wall to high to keep the riff raff out. I can understand that to some degree. After all the average CBers round where I live are or were a bit short in the brain dept. They buy a cb, press the button, swear at each other and threaten to cut each others coax! I didn't do well at school. in fact I may as well not gone. I got unclassified in my CSE maths exam. But I left school and joined the army, I became an advance signaller, Heavy goods driving instructor, Promotion. I left the army in 93. I ended up a Warehouse manager, Transport manager and had a NEBOSH certificate. So I don't class my self as riff raff. Recently my wife passed away and I found my self in a hole and sinking. I discovered you can do a foundation course with Essex Ham and take the exam at home! Wow how easy is that. Well I have done the course and take the exam in the morning. To keep my mind off things, I may even study a bit more who knows. See what tomorrow brings.

Under the Supervision Clause wouldn't Pete have to use Kelly's M7QQQ callsign and not M7ABC as stated in the video.?

Excellent training. Thank you for all you do to support the hobby.

Great video, hope to hear you all, 73 zl3xdj.

Another great video, Thank you Pete!

Excellent explanation, thank you

Is this module for exams before&after 1st of September? Thanks

Thank you for posting this very much appreciated

Thanks, great video.

Cheers mate.

What happens if you pass the foundation exam in August?? Would new licence rule apply like you can now transmit max 25w???

So if you take Foundation exam in August, and you pass, does this mean you can transmit max25w??

How do l apply for the Foundation online course? I've completed the online form, no reply. I've emailed still no reply.

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What a mess

I really appreciate that the background music is at an appropriate volume level!

When will there be an updated booklet available with the new rules any ideas 🤔

Wish you would do an intermediate course

Passed my foundation with your help, trying to get my first voice contact using a uvk5. No luck fromhere in Watford. How do I know if my radio is hitting the repeater, is there a tone or led that lights up? Thanks.

One who takes the exam as of September should be careful with the Restrictions section of this video ( 4:55 ), because things have changed, and I assume it is the very opposite now. Thank you for the new version of this video found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaO0hGWOpZqjbbc&pp=iAQB Now Foundation Licensees are restricted to 25W operation, as well as build the own tx station kit. I'm still not sure about the band plan changes, though. I am also worried about the exam reference data "ex307" printout which potentially contains old information regarding the "Maximum Peak Envelope Power level" right column in the "Foundation Licence Parameters" table. I booked my exam for September to benefit from the syllabus changes. If the exam weight of this topic is 6 marks like mentioned in this video that could significantly impact the results of one's exam .

Sounds a professional rollout then. Thanks for update.

8:45 if the multiple choice options has 14MHz and 16 MHz I coukd get it wrong because eyeballing by the given chart I see 16MHz while you say 14MHz. 8:55 the same as between 100 and 200MHz it is quite impossible to eyeball 144MHz. I haven't taken the exam yet but I hope the options are nowhere near, otherwise what is the point?

And this is why it’s a dying industry…absolute mess.

Thanks to the Essex Ham Foundation Course, I took and passed my foundation exam yesterday. I'm just waiting for my letter so I can apply for my callsign.

There's also a mistake in the straight to Full syllabus. A simple one. It says the mode CW is 'carrier wave'.

Think ill just wait for a bit till it’s ironed itself out. Get a new book and start again 😂

I achieved 24/26 in my Foundation exam thanks to Essex Ham.

Have ordered mine

These are a great help, thank you.

If you pass the exam today, can you use the new powers / relaxed rules once they come in?

Great info there Pete, thanks

The power limit imposed on simplex gateways needs to be increased inline with repeaters. 5W ERP to 25W ERP.

What's the reasoning behind gateways being limited to 5W ERP but repeaters being 25W ERP?

Ionisation is talked about a lot, how it is created, where it is, but why have you not said what is it?

You failed to say that propagation is also affected by the time of day.

Using a single antenna on a band its doesn't resonate on may be possible with a ATU to convince the radio you have a resonant antenna connected to it, but you will receive very little signal and will transmit even less because the antenna resonance is required for the creation of an Electro Magnetic Field which will not happen on a non-resonant antenna, worst still like the G5RV you have the feeder line becoming part of the antenna and start transmitting energy where you don't want it transmitted.

I was surprised you didn't say what an impedance is, you also said that wavelength affects Impedance, sorry but wavelength has no effect at all on impeadance,if it did we would have coax cable for use on each band which we do not.

A Good video; I was impressed that a field diagram was shown for the dipole, and was then disappointed that these diagrams didn't continue on the next slides. You also failed to point out that the electromagnetic field doesn't actually touch the antenna, and will travel further away as the height of the antenna above ground increases.

A very good video up to the point when you talk about demodulators, a demodulator is not a detector, if the exam is using the term interchangeably then it should not be. If you put a AM signal into a demodulator you will not get anything meaningful out of it.

Can you go straight for the full licence without taking the first two? I'm 65 & learned Morse code at the age of 5. I've been involved in electronics since 1991 & have been an electrician since 1982. I've taken both the first two exams as mocks & passed both without studying. I'd obviously have to study for the full licence. I'm just wondering if I can just go for that directly. Thanks. 😊👍

Hi Pete. Well, I've said it before, elsewhere, but must say it again. What a wonderfully clear and simple course you have put together for us "newbies". It all makes sense too. Power to Essex Ham Radio Club. Thank you.