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Advanced Qualification Course

Our amateur radio community becomes stronger when we foster continual and life-long learning.

In response to the need for training, both to gain the Advanced Qualification for amateur radio, and to expand the level of technical knowledge within the amateur community, the Delta Amateur Radio Society (DARS) is offering it's first Advanced Qualification Course starting late October.

The DARS Advanced Qualification Course is a newly developed course based on the 2011 advanced question bank (RIC-8), and written by our course instructors. It follows on from the successful Basic Qualification Course that DARS has conducted for several years.

The course will cover all the topics that are included in the Advanced Exam, with a focus on understanding concepts rather than the memorization of questions/answers. Students will be encouraged to use the ICP-2007 Advanced Exam Generator to hone their understanding of the 50 different topics.

Those wishing to undertake the Advanced Qualification are expected to attend all course sessions, as well as investing significant out-of-course time studying the materials and practicing using the ICP-2007 exam generator. The course is intended to facilitate the student's learning process, and needs personal investment in order to successfully achieve the Advanced Qualification through the writing and passing of an Industry Canada examination.

Class attendance is mandatory, and self-study as an alternative to missing a class has historically proved inadequate to make up for the learning gap. Should a student believe that they will be unavailable to attend one or more of the sessions, then they should NOT register for this course, and plan to take the course at a later date.

Students willing to undertake the course sessions, and who will personally commit to active study and preparation time are encouraged to register.

Course fees will be announced shortly. We'll also be providing an early bird booking fee.

Questions concerning registering for the course can be emailed to course or regarding the content of the course to the instructor.

The curriculum for the course includes the following topics:

1. Advanced Theory
1-1 time constant - capacitive and inductive
1-2 electrostatic and electromagnetic fields, skin effect
1-3 series-resonance
1-4 parallel resonance
1-5 quality factor (Q)

2. Advanced Components and Circuits
2-1 germanium, silicon, gallium arsenide, doping, P-type, N-type
2-2 diodes - point-contact, junction, hot-carrier, Zener, etc.
2-3 transistors - NPN/PNP
2-4 field effect transistor (FET), JFET, MOSFET
2-5 silicon controlled rectifier (SCR)
2-6 amplifiers - classes A, AB, B and C
2-7 amplifier circuits - discrete and IC
2-8 operational amplifiers, properties and applications
2-9 mixers, frequency multipliers
2-10 digital logic elements
2-11 quartz crystal - properties and applications
2-12 advanced filter circuits - AF, RF

3. Measurements
3-1 AC - peak, peak-to-peak, average, RMS
3-2 PEP, PEP relative to average power, PEP relative to voltage across load
3-3 dip meter, signal generator
3-4 crystal calibrator, marking generator, frequency counter
3-5 oscilloscope
3-6 meters, multimeter, power meter

4. Power Supplies
4-1 transformer and rectifier circuits, voltage doubler circuit, PIP
4-2 filter circuits, bleeder resistor function
4-3 linear and switching voltage regulator circuits
4-4 regulated power supplies Transmitters, Modulation and Processing - 005
5-1 oscillator circuits, phase locked loop (PLL)
5-2 RF power amplifiers
5-3 transmitters, neutralisation
5-4 AM, single sideband, linearity, two-tone test
5-5 FM deviation, modulation index, deviation ratio, deviation meter
5-6 FM transmitter, repeater circuits
5-7 signal processing - AF, IF, and RF
5-8 codes and protocols, Baudot, ASCII, parity, CRC, X.25, ISO layers
5-9 spread spectrum - frequency hopping, direct sequence

6. Receivers
6-1 single, double conversion superheterodyne architecture
6-2 oscillators, mixers, tuning
6-3 RF, IF amplifiers, selectivity
6-4 detection, audio, automatic gain control
6-5 performance limitations - instability, image, spurious, etc.

7. Feedlines - Matching and Antenna Systems
7-1 antenna tuner/transmatch, impedance matching circuits
7-2 velocity factor, effect of line terminated in non-characteristic impedance
7-3 antenna feed arrangements - tee, gamma, stub
7-4 current and voltage distribution on antenna
7-5 polarization, helical beam, parabolic antennas
7-6 losses in real antenna systems, effective radiated power
7-7 ground and elevation effects, vertical radiation (take off) angle
7-8 radiation resistance, antenna efficiency, beamwidth
7-9 waveguide, microstrip line

8 - Preparation for the Examination
8-1 exam requirements
8-2 preparing for the exam
8-3 techniques in writing multiple choice exams

DATES:

TBA

VENUE:

North Delta Public Safety Building

11375 84th Ave.

Plenty of free parking in the rec lot.

COURSE FEES:

TBA

Two ways to pay:

Send cheque made out to:

Delta Amateur Radio Society

c/o 6510 Bradford Place, Delta, BC V4E 1G3

or

You can also use Pay Pal. The button is located below.

Before submitting payment, make sure you have read the instructors notes to the right and you are aware of what's involved in the course and what's expected of you.

If you have any further questions please email using the desired contact above.

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