AMATEUR BASIC LICENCE COURSE - LESSON OUTLINE - MAR 1998

 A. WEEK 1 - MORNING - Electricity
    1. About the Course & the Exam
    2. License Classes & Privileges [1]
    3. Studying the Morse code / how to use SuperMorse
    4. MORSE LESSON 1: ETANIM
    5. Atoms & Electricity [2]
    6. Voltage & Current [2]
    7. AC & DC, Amplitude & Frequency [5]
    8. BREAK
    9. REGS: Frequency Bands [17]
   10. Math Skills [A]
   11. Resistance and Ohm's Law [3]
   12. MORSE REVIEW 1: ETANIM
 B. WEEK 1 - AFTERNOON - Components
    1. DEMO: 2m FM operating procedures
    2. PRACTICAL: Understanding the 2m rig
    3. MORSE LESSON 2: DSOURC
    4. Series Resistors [3]
    5. Parallel Resistors
    6. Power [3]
    7. Batteries [2]
    8. BREAK
    9. REGS: Q-signals [12]
   10. Inductors, aka "chokes" [4]
   11. Series & Parallel Inductors [4]
   12. Transformers [4]
   13. MORSE REVIEW 2: DSOURC
 C. WEEK 2 - MORNING - Components continued
    1. Homework review
    2. MORSE LESSON 3: KPBGWL
    3. Capacitors [4]
    4. Series & Parallel Capacitors [4]
    5. Reactance & Impedance [4]
    6. Resonance [4]
    7. BREAK
    8. REGS: Forbidden Things [17]
    9. Diodes [9]
   10. Transistors, F.E.T.s, and Tubes [9]
   11. Oscillators
   12. MORSE REVIEW 3
 D. WEEK 2 - AFTERNOON - Propagation
    1. DEMO: Packet Radio
    2. PRACTICAL:  t.b.d.
    3. MORSE LESSON 4: QHFY
    4. Radio Waves & Wavelength [5]
    5. Propagation [6]
    6. REGS: Permitted Things
    7. BREAK
    8. The Ionosphere [6]
    9. Skip [6]
   10. Behavior of the skip layers.
   11. MUF & LUF & the best frequencies to use [6]
   12. Static and Fading [6]
   13. MORSE REVIEW 4: QHFY
 E. WEEK 3 - MORNING - Antennas
    1. Homework review
    2. MORSE LESSON 5: ZVXJ
    3. Transmission Lines [7]
    4. Impedance Matching [7]
    5. Standing Wave Ratio (SWR) [7]
    6. Half-wave dipole [8]
    7. BREAK
    8. REGS: Power Limits
    9. Vertical Antennas
   10. Yagi antenna [8]
   11. Antenna specs: gain and bandwidth
   12. Polarization [8]
   13. MORSE REVIEW 5:  ZVXJ
 F. WEEK 3 - AFTERNOON - The Amateur Station
    1. DEMO: how to use SWR meter and dummy load
    2. PRACTICAL: Safety [16]
    3. MORSE LESSON 6: 12345
    4. Power Supplies [10]
    5. Setting up an HF Station [11]
    6. Setting up a 2m Station
    7. Setting up a Digital Station [11]
    8. BREAK
    9. Radio Frequency Interference & TVI [15]
   10. REGS: Operating Procedures [12]
   11. MORSE REVIEW 8
 G. WEEK 4 - MORNING - Transmitters
    1. Homework review
    2. MORSE LESSON 7: 67890
    3. Amplifiers
    4. Modulation [13]
    5. CW Transmitter [13]
    6. BREAK
    7. REGS: Input vs Output power
    8. ??  Transmitter Building Blocks
    9. AM Transmitter [13]
   10. FM Transmitter [13]
   11. SSB Transmitter [13]
   12. Digital Modulation
   13. MORSE REVIEW 6
 H. WEEK 4 - AFTERNOON - Receivers
    1. DEMO: HF phone & CW operation
    2. PRACTICAL: Understanding the HF rig
    3. MORSE LESSON 8: .,?
    4. Receiver Building Blocks
    5. SSB Receiver [14]
    6. AM Receiver [14]
    7. FM Receiver [14]
    8. BREAK
    9. REGS: Equivalent Licenses [RIC-25 p.4-5,7-8]
   10. Receiver specs
   11. Measurements
   12. Repeaters
   13. MORSE REVIEW 7
 I. WEEK 5 - MORNING - Review
    1. Final review
    2. MORSE REVIEW
    3. Exam advice
 J. WEEK 5 - AFTERNOON - Exams
    1. Code receiving exam (all students)
    2. Written exam 1st shift (2 hours maximum)
    3. Written exam 2nd shift (as 1st shift is finished)
    4. Code sending exams (as written exams are finished)