The following chart contains links to the presentations and handouts for the 2019 London Amateur Radio Club Ham License course.
The presentations may be in PowerPoint (PPTX), Open Document (ODP), or Portable Document (PDF) format, which are readable by most modern presentation software.Note that PDF files may be silently downloaded to your downloads folder rather than being immediately displayed, depending on your browser settings.
The handouts may be in various formats, and will often be a simplified version of the presentation, in a smaller file suitable for bringing to class in paper or electronic format.
If you have trouble downloading and of these files, or accessing their contents, please contact Doug Elliott for assistance.
Date | Chapters | Topics | Presentations | Handouts |
Sept 7 | 1 | Introduction and Overview | a1-WalterCronkite-SK.mp4 a2-Ham-Radio-Overview.ppt a3-Course-structure.pptx a4-things-hams-do.odp |
sched-handout.pdf |
Sept 14 | 2 | Current, Voltage, Resistance | BC19 Ch2-3.pdf | BC19 Ch2-3 PRINT.pdf |
3 | Ohms Law, Power | included in above | included in above | |
Sept 21 | 4 | Inductors, Capacitance, transformers, reactance, impedance, resonance |
BC19 Ch4.pdf | BC19 Ch4 PRINT.pdf |
Sept 28 | 5 | Waves, wavelength, frequency & bands | BC19 Ch5-6.pdf | BC19 Ch5-6 PRINT.pdf |
6 | Propagation | included in above | included in above | |
Oct 5 | 7 | Transmission Lines | BC19-Ch7.pdf | |
8 | Antennas | BC19-Ch8.pdf | ||
Oct 12 | no class | no class - Thanksgiving Weekend | ||
Oct 19 | 9 | active devices, diodes, transistors and tubes | BC19-Ch9.pdf | |
Oct 26 | 10 | Power Supplies | BC19-Ch10.pdf | |
11 | Establishing & equipping a ham station | BC19-Ch11.pdf | ||
Nov 02 | 12 | Routine Operation of an amateur station | Jim Spicer - VHF/UHF Tom Pillon - Digital Dave Lambert - HF |
BC19-Ch12a.pdf BC19-Ch12b.pdf BC19-Ch12c.pdf |
Nov 09 | 13 | Modulation and Transmitters | BC19-Transmitters.pdf | |
Nov 16 | 14 | Receivers | BC19-Receivers.pdf | |
Nov 23 | 16 | Safety | BC19-Ch16-17.pdf | |
17 | Regulations | (included in above) | ||
Nov 30 | 15 | Radio Frequency Interference | To Be Provided | |
Dec 7 | Exam | 100 Multiple Choice Questions | ||