In Person Courses

Amateur Radio Basic Classes – Fall 2025 TBD

The Charlottetown Amateur Radio Club does deliver in-person classes for the Basic Qualification license. We will teach all of the elements required to successfully pass the license examination.
 

What does a basic qualification allow you to do? 

Speak on your radio across the island and across the world to friends and fellow hams via phone, or CW (morse code) and participate in friendly nets and lots of other opportunities.

Basic: 70% or greater test score gets you a license to operate on UHF and VHF radio on amateur radio bands which includes simplex and repeater usage. This includes analog and digital access. CW (Morse Code) is also allowed.
Basic with Honours: 80% or greater test score adds to your license to operate on UHF, VHF and HF bands (analog and digital)
 
 

Options available to you:

In Person Classes

UPDATED: Oct 14th, 2025

Fall class for 2025 is starting Thursday October 16th. Sign up below to get details.

Please note that you don’t have to attend the course if you prefer to self study and simply write the test, feel free to indicate that as well and we can match you up with an instructor to facilitate the written test.

Miss the course? You have some options:

  • Self Study – see the right side column for details on this option which can be done throughout the year at your own pace, read the right column for info >>>>>>
  • Sign up to be notified (below) of an upcoming course (Fall time or next spring). Course schedules depend on interest so make sure to notify us and when we have enough for a course we will send out details about it

WHEN:

October 16th – the course will be on Mondays and Thursdays over 14 sessions
(Sign up below to be notified of the timing of the next course)

LOCATION

Community Space in the big Superstore, 465 University Avenue, Charlottetown.

DETAILS:

We will be using the COAX Publications Basic Amateur Study Guide, which you are free to purchase directly from the publisher, or you can buy it from the club at our anticipated rate of $65 per book. Purchasing from the club saves shipping costs, and will be roughly $15 cheaper for you.

Tuition will be $50 for most students. That tuition includes a one-year membership in the Charlottetown Amateur Radio Club (a $20-$30 value).

At the end of the course, examinations will be offered for all students. Exams are free. The pass mark is 70%, and an honours designation is available at 80%, which adds extra on-air privileges.

  • The cost will be $115 which includes the purchase of the study guide
  • Exams will be run at the end of the course, at no extra charge. Main topics covered will be:
  • Regulations and Policies
  • Operating and Procedures
  • Station Assembly, Practice and Safety
  • Circuit Components
  • Basic Electronics and Theory
  • Feedlines and Antenna Systems
  • Radio Wave Propagation, and
  • Interference and Suppression

There are no age limits or prerequisites for the course. We recommend that students come with a basic understanding of mathematics.

Sign Up Here:

Sign up here our next class course! Thanks for your interest and we will keep in contact with you!

    Excellent!! Whats next? A member of the club will contact you within 48 hours or so to confirm your interest in the amateur radio course and will provide further details

    Self Study

    You can self study as well for free if you choose to or purchase a study guide yourself. There are many resources, youtube videos and series online that provide the basic knowledge and teaching so that you can pass the test!

    There is a practice exam that you can try as many times as you like prior to writing the FREE exam, its located here

    ONLINE Courses Available:

    An Online Basic Amateur Radio Course is available that the Halifax ARC and Annapolis Valley ARC use.  It was developed by Al Penney VO1NO with input from several Canadian Clubs

    https://avarc.ca/index.php/online-basic-course/

    Or via Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC.ca) here: https://www.rac.ca/amateur-radio-courses/

    Many Youtube courses exist which are useful but many are specific to US Technician requirements which differ slightly from what you’ll require for your Canadian Basic or Honours certificates.

    Last Updated on October 14, 2025 by admin