Wythall Radio club get Lottery grant to start Amateur Radio license training

Wythall Radio Club, south west of Birmingham, are pleased to announce that they have been awarded National Lottery Awards for All funds in excess of £5000 to help them provide training courses for those members of the local and wider community who wish to gain an amateur radio transmitting license.

They propose to extend the current range of training provided for the Foundation level license to include, Intermediate and Advanced Full Amateur Radio Licenses.

They will do this by running a series of tuition classes, workshops and examinations, with a focus on young, retired, disabled and educationally challenged people in the local community where the radio club is based and the surrounding area.

The grant will enable them to purchase training and teaching aids, prepare course material and provide training and teaching equipment. The grant will enable them to also hire rooms for teaching and examinations within the Wythall Community Association, Silver Street, which are accessible for disabled people.

Course Schedule for 2008

FOUNDATION COURSE
Run on demand but there is a 6 week course scheduled to commence Tuesday 27th May 2008. Course runs Tuesday evenings on weeks 1,4 and 5 and Friday evenings on weeks 2,3 and 6.

INTERMEDIATE COURSE 1
2 full weekends 12th/13th January and 19th/20th January 2008 with examination on Tuesday 22nd January.

ADVANCED COURSE
14 weeks commencing 19th of February on either a Tuesday or Friday evening and finishing on Tuesday 20th May with the examination on Thursday 22nd May.

INTERMEDIATE COURSE 2
10 weeks commencing 16th Septemberon either a Tuesday or Friday evening and finishing on Friday 14th November with the examination on Tuesday 8th November.

Contact Wythall Club Secretary Chris G0EYO on g0eyo@wythallradioclub.co.uk for more details or look at www.wythallradioclub.co.uk for further information and course schedules