Thornbury & South Gloucestershire Amateur Radio Club<\/strong><\/a>. As they are my local club I emailed them and the Secretary and Club Trainer said they would do everything they could to help.<\/p>\nThe remote invigilation exams were a good experience and I liked doing them from home. I didn\u2019t have any IT issues and the invigilators were friendly and helpful.<\/p>\n
After I passed my Foundation exam I joined the Club and have been regularly participating in club nets and also the midweek Zoom meetings while we haven\u2019t been able to meet due to Covid 19.<\/p>\n
At the moment the part of amateur radio I like best is digital voice. Although it uses internet support, it is great to communicate with radio amateurs all over the world which is one of my key objectives as a radio amateur. I started it because of the power limitation of 10W to the Foundation Licence. When I got my Intermediate Licence I ordered a 50W transceiver to reach longer via DX on 70cms and 2m bands.<\/p>\n
I have been very successful with my contacts via digital voice using a \u2018hotspot\u2019 accessing C4FM ysf-reflectors mostly 56691 & 77777 and D-Star. Also, I accessed a DMR repeater which I was able to use to communicate with the Brandmeister & Phoenix networks all over the world.<\/p>\n
Once I got my Intermediate licence, I decided to follow through straight away to the Full Licence. This seemed to me the right thing to do in my case, and it was! I am now a very happy Full Licensee. This gives me much more flexibility to experiment, expand and enjoy the hobby; I still have plenty to learn on VHF and UHF digital voice.<\/p>\n
I have bought my first HF rig which will allow me to try digital modes\/voice and CW on HF DXing unsupported all over the world. I am looking forward to discovering and learning many new things.<\/p>\n
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