Amateur Radio Basic License Classes Spring 2025

Amateur Radio Station

We will be holding an in-person training class to obtain your Basic Amateur Radio license. There are no age limits or prerequisites for the course. At the end of the course, examinations will be offered for all students. After that, you can choose a callsign and get on the air right away.

Why?

Make contacts on your radio across the world to friends and fellow hams via voice, morse code, or digital modes. It’s emergency readiness, but also a great hobby plus you get to meet cool, fun, and nerdy people all over the world.

What?

We cover the following topics:

  • Regulations and Policies
  • Operating and Procedures
  • Station Assembly, Practice and Safety
  • Circuit Components
  • Basic Electronics and Theory
  • Feedlines and Antenna Systems
  • Radio Wave Propagation, and
  • Interference and Suppression

Where?

  • Summerside Superstore Community Room

When?

  • Every Monday and Thursday from 7pm – 9pm
  • Starting Monday April 7, 2025, ending Thursday May 29th, 2025 (8 weeks, 16 sessions)

Cost?

The Radio Enthusiast’s Starter Training Bundle includes:

  • Study Guide: Amateur Radio Basic Qualification Study Guide by Coax Publications ($50 value)
  • Handheld VHF/UHF Amateur Radio: When you successfully pass your exam at the end of the course ($40 value)
  • Tuition and first year club membership ($30 value)

The $120 bundle fee is payable in cash, cheque, or etransfer by the second session on April 10, 2024.

Schedule?

NightDateTopicTheme
1Monday, 7 April 20251Introduction
2Thursday, 10 April 20252+3Basic & Ohms
3Monday, 14 April 20254Inductance & Capacitance
4Thursday, 17 April 20255Wave & Bands
5Monday, 21 April 20256Propagation
6Thursday, 24 April 20257Transmission Lines
7Monday, 28 April 20258Antennas
8Thursday, 1 May 20259Active Devices
9Monday, 5 May 202510Power supplies
10Thursday, 8 May 202511Station Setup
11Monday, 12 May 202512Operating
12Thursday, 15 May 202513Modulation & Transmitters
13Monday, 19 May 202514Receivers
14Thursday, 22 May 202515+16RFI & Safety
15Monday, 26 May 202517Regulations
16Thursday, 29 May 2025Review
TBDExam

How?

By registering here by April 1, 2024 and showing up on the first session on April 7, 2024.