I know last year some people had asked about getting either Basic exams or upgrading to advanced.  

I have some others looking to do exams and I was considering setting up a testing session.

Let me know by voting above.

I didn't vote in the poll, because I'm not a firm enough "yes" that you could count on me coming out to a course.

I've got my basic. I'd consider going for an advanced if I saw the need for it... if I was recruited to run a portable repeater or something like that.

I haven't started researching this yet, but I do want to do the training.  Roger Sanderson of KWRC is planning to do training on March 6/7

j_gardhouse wrote on 11/30/9 at 10:59:34:


I took the RSO course because it was convenient... group of like-minded people, reviewing basic course information for 1.5 days, then write the test.  Any other time I had looked into it, I had to sign up for multi-week courses, or pay more for the test, etc etc.  It was very convenient to do the course through RSO.   (and I'm the DIY/technical type... I had already bought the book and done the reading).

I think that what Justin is potentially offering is the chance for RSO, or even a specific club, to run another course at a different time.  Perhaps what might work better is to contact a specific club (say... PMSC), ask them if their membership would want to do the course.  The club could then do a course in the Peterborough area.

I probably would have gotten my license sooner if a course had been offered locally.  (I say locally... I really began researching licensing when I was at school in Barrie.  I bought my book through the local examiner, but didn't write the exam until the following year when RSO held the course.  If, for example, PMSC had offered a course while I was living in Peterborough before I headed to Barrie for college, I may have done the course two years sooner!)

I did not vote but I would be like some of the other and perfer to take the course.

Derek