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From time to time I run courses for the Radio Amateur's Examination (RAE) on behalf of my club, the
Cape Town Amateur Radio Centre. My next course will probably start in February
2005 for the May examination.
As part of my portfolio of Education Councilor for South
African Radio League I am also writing a set of course notes covering the topics in this
program, which I hope will become the standard text for the South African RAE. These notes should
be available from the SARL by January 2005. The provisional table of contents is as follows.
- Introduction to Amateur Radio
- Basic Electrical Concepts
- Resistance and Ohm's Law
- The Resistor and Potentiometer
- DC Circuits
- Power in DC Circuits
- Alternating Current
- Capacitance and the Capacitor
- Inductance and the Inductor
- Tuned Circuits
- Decibel Notation
- Filters
- The Transformer
- Semiconductors and the Diode
- The Power Supply
- The Bipolar Junction Transistor
- The Transistor Amplifier
- The Oscillator
- Frequency Translation
- Modulation Methods
- The Transmitter
- Receiver Fundamentals
- The Superheterodyne Receiver
- Transceivers and Transverters
- Antennas
- Transmission Lines
- Propagation
- Interference and Electromagnetic Compatibility.
- Measurements
- Rules and Regulations
- Operating Procedures