Are you interested in acquiring your very own amateur radio license? Once again you get the chance to join us for the biannual license course, where we will introduce you to the basics of amateur radio and get you ready for the license exam!
The course will take place over 8 weeks, including a mock exam and the actual license exam. All 8 appointments will take place on tuesdays from 18:15 to 20:00, and we will share the exact room location with you after sign-up. Just give us a heads up if you don’t have access to the buildings in the Gløshaugen campus.
Here is the time plan for the course:
| Date | Curriculum |
| Tuesday, 8th September | 1 – Introduction, wave propagation, modulation, shorthand and jargon. |
| Tuesday, 15th September | 2 – Direct current, alternating current, passive components, power |
| Tuesday, 22nd September | 3 – Resonance, filters, transistors, amplifier architectures |
| Tuesday, 29th September | 4 – Digital signal processing, measurement instruments, electromagnetic field strength, safety, EMC, laws |
| Tuesday, 6th October | 5 – Radio architecture, decibels, antennas, transmission lines |
| Tuesday, 13th October | Mock exam |
| Tuesday, 20th October | Walkthrough of mock exam |
| Tuesday, 27th October | License exam |
The curriculum is “Veien til internasjonal radioamatørlisens“, which can be bought from NRRL. Some additional digital resources can be purchased. The course is open to anyone, not only students, but please sign up here. Please also sign up even if you only intend to take the exam, not follow the lectures. All lectures will by default be held in english, as long as there are people who signed up and don’t speak Norwegian.
The course is free for everyone, but you have to pay the authorities 2000 NOK to administer your license. We hope you join us!
