{"id":16376,"date":"2021-10-31T10:52:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T10:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/?page_id=16376"},"modified":"2025-10-05T22:42:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T21:42:01","slug":"book-a-place","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/book-a-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundation Online &#8211; Book a Place"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/images\/Foundation-Kelly.png\" alt=\"Kelly Foundation Training Photo\" width=\"200\" height=\"257\" \/>Our free <strong>Foundation Online Amateur Radio Training Course<\/strong> is a 3-week course made up of 9 modules <em>(there&#8217;s also a fast-track option)<\/em>. This course has helped over 14,000 people to get started.<\/p>\n<p>Each course walks you through what you need to know, including videos, handouts, quizzes and mock exams to help you prepare. For more on how the course works, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/foundation-online\/\">Foundation Course Information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Want to join our course?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in joining an upcoming course, please complete the following registration form. We&#8217;ll send you our course summary, and ask you to confirm when you&#8217;d like to start.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: red;\">Please only complete this form if you are genuinely interested in studying online for the UK Foundation exam and can commit to 2 hours a week of online study for 3 weeks<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On a mobile? 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This may not be suitable for you if you are in a different country. 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