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R.A.E COURSE IN NORTH CHESHIRE

RAE and NRAE courses are run at

The Beacons : Simons Lane : Overton : Frodsham : Cheshire

each Friday commencing 1930hrs local time.

 

The Beacons is a large concrete structure once housing a WWII type communications and command centre. It is located at the very pinnacle of Overton (Frodsham) Hill at the start of The Sandstone Trail long distance footpath and its accompanying two radio masts can be seen long before the building is reached.

Turn into Simons Lane and then look for the varnished timber "footpath" sign and follow its direction through the five barred gate. There is a car park and an information board on your left hand side. On a Friday, the next gate ahead of you will be open, so just drive through and follow the granite chipping roadway round to the right and park.

The door to the facility is in the far end wall of the building at ground level.

The RAE course is run by myself, Dave and Graham Merrington G1IVV . The NRAE is run by Dave Wilson, G7OBW and Martin Tust, G4LUQ and both courses take place on the same evenings and times.

Persons wishing to enrol onto the RAE course will be required to join theWidnes and Runcorn Amateur Radio Club, or be members of the scout or guide associations. This is to avoid political problems with the local education authorities. There are currently no such problems with, nor requirements for, those wishing to enrol onto the NRAE course. However, since the original objective of these courses was to increase the numbers within the radio club, membership will be welcomed.

The current courses started 10/9/99 but it is not too late to join. I will be targeting the RAE course for the May 2000 exam, and the NRAE is being targeted for the March exam.

Q) What do I need to know to successfully sit this course?

A) In truth, the less you know the better your chances. As I say to all students when they commence, we are not teaching you to become radio engineers or technicians, we are teaching you to pass an exam. (A bit like the driving test really, you pass your test, then you learn to drive.)

Q) What do I need to bring with me?

A) A pen, some paper and a calculator capable of performing basic trig functions. If you don't normally use a calculator, don't go out and buy the latest all singing and dancing programmable black box. It is not necessary, you can't take it into the exam room with you, and it will probably only confuse you anyway.

Q) What do I need to read?

A) The Radio Amateurs Examination Manual and the Rules and Regs booklet BR68. The booklet BR68 will be provided for you free of charge when you start the course. The RAE Manual can be obtained for you by the radio club at cost price (ish) from the Radio Society of Great Britain, or you can purchase it from amateur radio outlets or WH Smiths.

Q) What will it cost me?

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Q) When is the examination?

A) The next examination is on Monday December 6th 1999, however, if you are starting totally from new I would advise the one on Monday May 8th 2000. Both exams start at 1800hrs and last for 21/4 hours.

Q) Where do I sit the examination?

A) There are several examination centres throughout the North West and you select the one which best suits you. However, as a group, we recommend the Mid Cheshire Radio Club's examination Centre at Cotebrook, run by Peter Fox, G8HAV. This may look like a acse of one radio club supporting another, which it undoubtedly is, but we also think that you will feel less intimidated by the atmosphere here than at many collages.

 

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