Foundation Radio Amateur Licence - BDARS Online Syllabus

10. Morse Code

Send and Receive Morse Code
 Demonstrate that he/she is able to send correctly by hand and to receive correctly by ear, texts in Morse code signals.

Note: This Morse assessment has been retained in the Foundation syllabus following the removal of the need for Morse code at WRC03.No further Morse testing is required and all licences, Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced allow access to all frequencies, including h.f. shown in their respective schedules.

The text shall be in the form of a contact between two radio amateurs.E.g. M2ABC DE M0XYZ Tx here is a kit.

Receiving.
Between 20 and 30 characters shall be sent by the tutor. The character speed and spacing may be chosen by the candidate in discussion with the tutor. Procedural characters shall not be used. Call signs shall be M (0, 3 or 5) plus 3 letters. The candidate is permitted access to a copy of the Morse code alphabet during the assessment. The candidate may, if desired, write down the dots and dashes for subsequent transcription and may proceed one letter at a time.
The tutor may re-send characters wrongly recorded or invite the candidate to re-check characters correctly written in Morse but wrongly transcribed. No residual errors are permitted.

Sending.
The candidate shall send a pre-prepared text in the same form as for receiving.
The candidate is permitted to make such preparations as he/she wishes prior to sending, including writing the Morse code for each character to be sent.
A copy of the Morse code alphabet shall be available to the candidate.
The tutor will indicate which characters, if any, were incorrectly sent and these shall be re-sent. This may be on a letter by letter basis or at the end of the text.
No residual errors are permitted.