A Double Whammy for Biton and an Intermediate Call for Graham

Last week CARC members Graham Parsons (2E0XDZ) and Biton Walstra (2E0WAO) both obtained their Intermediate Licences. Each had self studied for some time before taking the examination on the same Saturday afternoon. However in Biton’s case he had to pass the Foundation first, so success at two levels within a few hours. Congratulations to both candidates and once again thanks to Dick Lupton for invigilating.




Of course all necessary practical assessments had to be undertaken prior to sitting their exams and this was accomplished some weeks earlier during an all day session in Hut 18. I think both students enjoyed the day and learnt a lot, especially while calibrating an analogue VFO, one of the more interesting required elements, particularly in these days of synthesised radios. None of this would have been possible without the able assistance of fellow trainer Ted MacDonald.




Malcolm Harman (G3NZP)
Training Secretary