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Exam Alert - August 2024 Update - Candidates BewareAs you all hopefully know, the exam syllabus changes on 1st of September 2024, reflecting the 2024 Ofcom licence updates.Exams up to and including 31st of August are on the old v1.5 syllabus (Courses up to and including Course 167, and Fast Track)Exams on or after 1st September are on the new v1.6 syllabus (Courses from Course 168 onwards)Despite having 6 months to prepare for the updates, RSGB frustratingly still isn't ready, with the new 4-page exam booklet yet to be published, errors in the new books, outdated RSGB books being sold and other issues. For those who've not seen it, here's our alert video from July:youtu.be/HNwlddi8S_kFor the latest alerts for students, see HamTrain's Exam Alerts Links to an external site.For a summary of how the changes affect you, see Exam Syllabus - Guidance for students Links to an external site.If in doubt, please ask! ... See MoreSee Less
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1 month ago

3 weeks before the new RSGB exams start, and still no sign of the exam booklets to be used by exam candidates.104 students have just started a Foundation course with us and still don't have the info to pass. We're at the point of pulling our courses, rather than seeing students fail through poor RSGB planning.RSGB asked for a 6-month extension to prep for the new exams, and 3 weeks away, we're still missing vital information, the new books contain errors (or are out-of-date), there are no new mocks, and no comms with the tutors.Getting beyond a joke now folks. ... See MoreSee Less
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Amateur Radio is a great hobby that helps to bring people together, learn about technology, make new friends, and have fun with radio.

Essex Ham is dedicated to supporting Amateur Radio. On our website, you’ll find information on what ham radio has to offer, help and advice for radio amateurs and clubs across the UK, and for those in the Essex area, a list of activities and local clubs.

If you’re new to the hobby, we can help you get started – we’ve helped over 10,000 newcomers with our free online course that runs twice a month, offering a convenient way to get your first callsign and licence. We also provide help, support and discussion groups for existing UK amateurs. We’re also one of the largest UK clubs!

What is Essex Ham?

It’s our mission to help people discover what amateur radio has to offer, and to support the various local clubs and groups. We want to see amateur radio grow, and here are our three guiding aims:

  1. Promote: Explaining Amateur Radio, raising awareness, and encouraging people to get involved
  2. Support: Offering help and advice to new radio amateurs, and to amateur radio clubs.
  3. Share: Supporting the various amateur radio activities, clubs and training in Essex and beyond.

 

 

 What We Do:

Spreading the word about Amateur Radio is key to what we do. Here are some of the ways that we’re helping to support and promote the hobby:

Feel free to browse around the site, and if you can’t find what you’re looking for – get in touch. Whether you’re in the county of Essex, or anywhere in the world, we’d like to help you get more from amateur radio if we can. We’d also encourage you to sign up as a free member, so we can stay in touch.

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We hope that the site will continue to grow, and we’re always keen to add new content. If you have any questions or suggestions, would like us to help promote your event, or fancy becoming a contributor, please get in touch and help us to make the site as useful as possible.

If you find the site useful, please spread the word, and help us to continue to promote amateur radio in Essex, and beyond.

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