This might seem obvious, since the supervisor is legally the station on air, but Foundation students often find Supervision puzzling so this detail is a good idea. This is fundamentally no different to the long-standing requirement to identify on change of mode.Ĭhange of supervisor now specifically requires an amateur to give a callsign. Syllabus ref 1A5 lists the criteria for when callsigns should be given, including on change of digital protocol. Section 1: Licensing Conditions and Station Identification This gave some people the impression that whole swathes of learning have been removed but this is not the case.
There has been some confusion regarding the syllabus reference numbers, which have totally changed. The images come mainly from my club’s Intermediate course slide deck. from the syllabus) because the material is not available as I write this. The pictures and diagrams in this article are not ‘official’ (i.e. I plan to write similar articles about the new Intermediate and Advanced syllabi. My purpose in writing this is to highlight what is changing and to make practical teaching suggestions for the new subjects. Good operating and safety are still at the core of the syllabus but a number of new topics (chiefly ‘digital signals’) have been added and some things dropped. This article is intended to help club Education leads plan for the new Foundation Syllabus, which comes into effect in September 2019.