{"id":6031,"date":"2014-06-02T13:33:30","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T12:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/?page_id=6031"},"modified":"2023-04-02T15:57:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T14:57:59","slug":"qso-practical","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/qso-practical\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundation: On-Air VHF QSO Practical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Until 2021, the UK amateur radio Foundation course included a practical session on how to use a VHF radio and making your first contact (known as a QSO).<\/p>\n<p>The practicals are longer a requirement, but our video on the subject might be old help \/ interest, to show what was involved:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sikp-RboRZA\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Sample VHF QSO Sheet<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>When making your first contact on VHF using the calling channel, it can help to have a guide in front of you. We&#8217;ve created a one-page handout that can be used on training to help. Feel free to download and print the following short script, which you&#8217;ll see us using in the video<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/guides\/getting-started-vhf-script.pdf\"><strong>VHF QSO Script<\/strong><\/a> <em>(PDF File)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/images\/qso-handout.jpg\" alt=\"qso-handout\" width=\"157\" height=\"200\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The above contact is quite formal, so here is an example of a more casual 2m contact:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PYF0MfGR2d0\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table class=\"mid\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Practicals Abolished<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With effect from 1st October 2021, the Foundation Practicals have been abolished &#8211; no need to do any practicals at Foundation-level. Here&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.services\/public\/publications\/exams\/211001_foundation_practical_assessments_esc_announcement.pdf\">official RSGB announcement<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Related Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/station-build-practical\">Foundation Station Build Practical<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/qso-practical\">Foundation: VHF QSO Practical<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/morse-practical\">Foundation: Morse Appreciation Practical<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/amateur-radio-training\">Essex Ham&#8217;s Foundation Training Material<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/clubs-training\/training-resources\">RSGB Training Resources<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Until 2021, the UK amateur radio Foundation course included a practical session on how to use a VHF radio and making your first contact (known as a QSO). The practicals are longer a requirement, but our video on the subject might be old help \/ interest, to show what was involved: &nbsp; Sample VHF QSO&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/qso-practical\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Foundation: On-Air VHF QSO Practical&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6031","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6031"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16913,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6031\/revisions\/16913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}