{"id":35046,"date":"2024-08-04T09:49:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T08:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=35046"},"modified":"2025-10-28T14:54:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:54:48","slug":"foundation-licence-manual-3rd-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/publications\/books-extra\/2024\/08\/04\/foundation-licence-manual-3rd-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundation Licence Manual – 3rd Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Alan Betts, G0HIQ
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Foundation<\/a>If you want to obtain an amateur radio foundation licence in the UK then The Foundation Licence Manual for Radio Amateurs<\/em> is for you. This is the very latest 3rd edition that has been updated to meet the new V1.6 syllabus and contains all that you need to know to obtain a Foundation licence.<\/p>\n

This new 3rd edition is broken down into easy-to-digest chapters providing insight into technical basics, receivers, transmitters, antennas, feeders and propagation, operating practices and procedures alongside safety considerations, electromagnetic compatibility and licence information and even a helpful guide as to how to best approach the examination itself<\/p>\n

The Foundation Licence Manual for Radio Amateurs<\/em> is the first book of the RSGB training book series that take you through the natural progression to the Intermediate and Full licences. Written in an easy-to-understand style by acknowledged exams expert Alan Betts, G0HIQ it is the ideal book for those coming to amateur radio for the first time<\/p>\n

Size 210x297mm, 54 pages, ISBN: 9781913995560<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click cover picture to buy this online.<\/p>\n

Corrections and updates<\/strong>
\nWe are currently shipping a 3rd edition of this book marked ‘Reprinted 2025’ and currently this has the reported corrections or updates below.\u00a0 There is also a Kindle edition of this book and any updates reported here have already been incorporated into that.<\/p>\n

This book is for use on with exams taking place after the 1 September 2024 using exam syllabus version 1.6a<\/p>\n

Errata to this printing\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Page 7, Technical Basics
\n<\/strong>Col 3, Para 3\u00a0 Please replace the first sentence with ‘Table A in schedule 1 to the licence shows Foundation amateurs have access to the amateur bands from 135.7Khz to 440 MHz,\u00a0 2GHz, 5GHz and 10GHz.’<\/p>\n

Page 22, Licence Conditions<\/strong>
\nCol 1\u00a0 Syllabus item 1C1<\/strong> – replace the first two emboldened paragraphs with:<\/p>\n

‘Recall the requirements to send messages only to other amateur radio stations and only using UK Amateur frequencies.’<\/strong>
\n\u2018Recall that a ‘Net’ or ‘Network’ refers to transmissions to three or more amateurs with whom communication and identification has been established.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Page 23, Licence Conditions<\/strong>
\nCol 1\u00a0 Syllabus item 1D2<\/strong> – replace the wording with:
\n\u2018Recall that a person authorised by Ofcom may require the Licence holder to keep a log of all transmissions made over a specified period of time.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Page 23, Licence Conditions
\n<\/strong>Col 3\u00a0 Syllabus item 1H1<\/strong> – replace the wording with:
\n\u2018Identify relevant information in Schedule 1 to the Foundation licence.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Recall the difference between Primary and Secondary status and that other services may also be present with such status in some allocations.’<\/strong><\/p>\n

A copy of the relevant part of Schedule 1 will be available during the examination.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Page 24, Operating Practices and Procedures <\/strong>
\nCol 1, line 2, replace the word \u2018assessment\u2019 with ‘examination’.<\/p>\n

Page 35\u00a0 Safety Considerations<\/strong>
\nCol 3 sub section ‘Tools and Repairs’\u00a0 para 1,\u00a0 remove the last two sentences.<\/p>\n

Page 40, The Exam<\/strong>
\nCol2, Example 1.\u00a0 The correct answer is B<\/strong> not C.<\/p>\n


\nReporting errors in books<\/strong><\/span>
\nIf you would like to report an error in this book that cannot be found in the links above please contact sales@rsgb.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Alan Betts, G0HIQ If you want to obtain an amateur radio foundation licence in the UK then The Foundation Licence Manual for Radio Amateurs is for you. This is the very latest 3rd edition that has been updated to meet the new V1.6 syllabus and contains all that you need to know to obtain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-extra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43214,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35046\/revisions\/43214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}