Transmitter - License?

[mciupa]

Out of curiosity how long does it take to get your AR license on overage?

Depends on your aptitude. I struggled with electronic theory. Others breeze through it.

Once I passed I believe I waited three weeks for my call sign a couple of years ago. But that was in large part that I wrote just before Christmas and IC would have been closed around Christmas and New Years.

 

[kayn1n32008]

Depends on your aptitude. I struggled with electronic theory. Others breeze through it.



Once I passed I believe I waited three weeks for my call sign a couple of years ago. But that was in large part that I wrote just before Christmas and IC would have been closed around Christmas and New Years.

Usually IC is fast. I know locals that have had their call sign with in 48hrs. When I got licensed back in 1993, it took a month because everything was done by snail mail.

As soon as you see the call show up in the IC database, with your name and address, you are good to go.


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[smoothrunnings]

Usually IC is fast. I know locals that have had their call sign with in 48hrs. When I got licensed back in 1993, it took a month because everything was done by snail mail.

As soon as you see the call show up in the IC database, with your name and address, you are good to go.


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So like weeks, months, a year?

 

[kayn1n32008]

So like weeks, months, a year?

Depends on how motivated you are to study and write the test.

My local club does basic courses over a couple of weekends... Our advanced course runs 12weeks, one 2 hour class a week.


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[mciupa]

Usually IC is fast. I know locals that have had their call sign with in 48hrs. When I got licensed back in 1993, it took a month because everything was done by snail mail.

As soon as you see the call show up in the IC database, with your name and address, you are good to go.


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It could have been when my examiner submitted my papers, perhaps. I waited until I received my wallet card.

I agree that IC is fast. Apply for a two letter call sign in Ontario and your credit card statement will be updated quicker than their callsign database.

 

[smoothrunnings]

Is the exam a multiple choice thing or does it require some practical testing?

 

[kayn1n32008]

It could have been when my examiner submitted my papers, perhaps. I waited until I received my wallet card.



I agree that IC is fast. Apply for a two letter call sign in Ontario and your credit card statement will be updated quicker than their callsign database.

Agreed, I applied for my Alberta 2 letter Callsign and the CC was billed VERY quickly(what agency won't take your money as aplastic as they can lol.

Is the exam a multiple choice thing or does it require some practical testing?

Multiple choice. I have no idea, it was over 2 years ago when I wrote my Basic. Advanced will require some work, but is still multiple choice.

Always better to learn the material rather than memorize it. One local person memorized and passed the Advanced, but has no clue what it all means...Che is an 'interesting' character to say the least... A bit of a know it all for sure...



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[VE3RADIO]

Is the exam a multiple choice thing or does it require some practical testing?

Multiple choice, you need a 70% minimum to pass, aim for 80% or higher.

 

[kayn1n32008]

Agreed, I applied for my Alberta 2 letter Callsign and the CC was billed VERY quickly(what agency won't take your money as aplastic as they can lol.




Multiple choice. I have no idea, it was over 2 years ago when I wrote my Basic. Advanced will require some work, but is still multiple choice.

Always better to learn the material rather than memorize it. One local person memorized and passed the Advanced, but has no clue what it all means...Che is an 'interesting' character to say the least... A bit of a know it all for sure...



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Wired, should have proof read. 20 years ago.

 

[mrweather]

The Basic exam is 100 multiple choice questions. You need 70% to pass and if you get 80+% you get full HF privileges. Aim for the higher mark. Some questions require memorization (operating rules, block diagrams, etc.) and others require simple math. The subject matter isn't really that hard. I got mine in 1999 through self-study. Took me about a month from when I cracked open the study guide until I wrote - and passed - the exam.

Turnaround time to get your call is very quick. The examiners in my club generally experience 1-2 days tops from the time they submit the exam mark to IC to when the new ham gets their call.

 

[smoothrunnings]

I got the study book and I have to ask is this license a cash and grab license or do people actually spend time fixing their radios? The book has a lot stuff in it that I remember doing in High School about electronics. I just find it odd as we tend to throw things away if they are broken and buy new or replacement items. Take the Baofeng radios, they are cheap to replace.

Granted though if we lived in South America we would bend spending time fixing stuff. They fix everything there.

Thanks,

 

[VE3RADIO]

I got the study book and I have to ask is this license a cash and grab license or do people actually spend time fixing their radios? The book has a lot stuff in it that I remember doing in High School about electronics. I just find it odd as we tend to throw things away if they are broken and buy new or replacement items. Take the Baofeng radios, they are cheap to replace.

Granted though if we lived in South America we would bend spending time fixing stuff. They fix everything there.

Thanks,

The old guys will try and fix stuff with their golden screwdrivers then bittch about it on the repeater.. some of them don't realize that surface mount stuff is not that easy to pull off without the right equipment. Most young people just buy a new rig or a used rig off ebay for peanuts.