Syllabus 2019 news
Exam flexibility during the coronavirus situation
With the reported increase of positive cases of Coronavirus, it is inevitable that some exams may need to be postponed. If it becomes necessary for you to postpone an exam, please follow these steps: Email the examination office: exams@rsgb.org.uk If you’ve received your exam paperwork you’ll need to return it unopened and intact, using the […]
Announcement regarding randomised answers in exam papers
Given that online exams are fully-randomised, we decided in August 2019 to enable the randomisation of the answers for each question in paper exams from 1 September 2019, when Syllabus 2019 was introduced. This ensures that there is no relative advantage or disadvantage between online and paper exams. With hindsight, Exam Secretaries should have been […]
Exam forms update
We have updated exam handouts EX307 and EX308 used for Foundation and Intermediate exams to address a typo that occurred in earlier versions of the HF and VHF bandplans. The forms are now available for download from the exam forms page on our website. In order to be certain that tutors and candidates are using […]
Greg Fenton, M0ODZ joins the ESRG
The RSGB’s Examinations and Syllabus Review Group (ESRG) is delighted to announce the appointment of Greg Fenton, M0ODZ to the group. Greg has had a life-long interest in amateur radio and in more recent years he also became involved with Makerspace in Newcastle. After gaining his Full licence he started to take part in amateur […]
Second mock exam paper for the Full licence
A second mock exam paper for the Full licence has been added to the website today, so there are now two for each licence level. You can see all the mock exam papers online.
Electrical Safety and Syllabus Item 8A2
Changes to The IET Wiring Regulations (BS7671), which are now at 18th edition affect syllabus item 8A2 in the Safety section of the examination syllabus. Please see the following notice which explains further and is relevant to all three levels – Foundation, Intermediate and Full:- Changes to Syllabus Item 8A2 in the electrical safety section […]
