Foundation Radio Amateur Licence - BDARS Online Syllabus
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Foundation Radio Amateur Licence - BDARS Online Syllabus
Select a Section:
- BDARS Home Page
- Foundation Home Page
- 1. Amateur radio
- 2. Licensing Conditions
- 3. Technical Basics
- 4. Transmitters and Receivers
- 5. Feeder and Antenna
- 6. Propagation
- 7. EMC
- 8. Operating Practices and Procedures.
- 9. Safety
- 10. Morse Code
- 11. Symbols for use in the Foundation Licence
- Resistor Calculator
- Ohm's Law explained
1. Amateur radio
Nature of amateur radio
Recall that the amateur licence is for self-training in radio communications and is of a non-commercial nature.
Amateur radio is for self-training and experimentation in radio communications
and unlike other radio services is non-commercial in nature. Amateur radio is of
value in areas of:
Technical innovation
Emergency communications
Development of skills for the United Kingdom
International friendship
Recreational activity in a time of increasing leisure time
The Foundation licence is the entry level licence to amateur radio in the UK.