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Originally Posted by Visionoz
Hi Alistairsam
These days they are practically giving away the ham licences!!  With the demise of the requirement of Morse code a few years back, one can easily obtain qualification to be a certified ham operator; there being basically 3 types viz: Foundation, Standard and Advanced
The easiest to obtain would be the Foundation which requires only a few hours worth of attending a few tutorials and how-to and you can get that easily - see here: http://www.wia.org.au/licenses/foundation/about/
With the other higher licence types it means that you get more band privileges and you do have to pass an exam first
You can obtain more information if you go to WIA's home page @ www.wia.org.au and click on the "Get Your Amateur Radio Licence" menu option
HTH
Cheers
Bill |
Thanks. will look into that. have always wanted to get into amateur radio, but kept away due to the cost of the transceivers, I am well versed with electronics though, just need a cost effective circuit.
I did attend the Marine Radio officers course and passed the stage2 morse code exam at 20wpm.
but to get back to these modules, i'm guessing there is some sort of a generic license and not necessarily a ham license, as these are essentially like garage door transmitters or car keyless entry transmitters.
will keep looking. thanks.