HF Theory (Written)
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HF Theory (Written)
Hey guys - just got my application for my RT licence signed and I noticed the box section b.) HF Theory (Written)....
What is this? Should I have sat this before sending off for my PPL licence?
What is this? Should I have sat this before sending off for my PPL licence?
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Hands up any of the
who actually did an HF written or practical exam... It was just sort of covered in the line training when I started on th 757 and later the 767 many moons ago
Originally Posted by A V 8
big boys who fly over rediculously large oceans.
It was just sort of covered in the line training when I started on th 757 and later the 767 many moons ago
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Floppy Link, I think you will find a "pass" at Radio Aids for your CPL or ATPL would be your HF theory exam.
I certainly had to do standard position reports when I did my initial RT licence, and didn't realise the significance of them until I started using HF.
My initial RT license issued with my PPL had a "VHF only" restriction on it which magically disappeared after I got my RT licence reissued with my CPL.
I certainly had to do standard position reports when I did my initial RT licence, and didn't realise the significance of them until I started using HF.
My initial RT license issued with my PPL had a "VHF only" restriction on it which magically disappeared after I got my RT licence reissued with my CPL.
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Originally Posted by IO540
Gosh, when I was doing my radio amateur stuff in 1968, talking to peple around the world, I never knew that HF could be so complicated 
Trust the authorities to license everything...
Trust the authorities to license everything...
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HF is 3 to 30 MHz or 100 to 10 metres whoever uses it.
The HF written exam is for PPLs and Baloon pilots who want to fly over desert or ocean aereas, Flight Engineers who don't sit radio theory exams and anyone else who needs to use HF for aeronautical communication.
The HF written exam is for PPLs and Baloon pilots who want to fly over desert or ocean aereas, Flight Engineers who don't sit radio theory exams and anyone else who needs to use HF for aeronautical communication.
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Oh, so you didn't have a license then. Smack handy you bad, bad boy
I did actually.
Another project I had on the go back then was a pirate radio transmitter, about 500 watts (a couple of 807s) and this needed about 700V DC. The obvious place to get that was the power rail on a train track. And no I didn't get a license for that one We never got it going, because we found that the power wasn't there all the time...
I did actually.
Another project I had on the go back then was a pirate radio transmitter, about 500 watts (a couple of 807s) and this needed about 700V DC. The obvious place to get that was the power rail on a train track. And no I didn't get a license for that one
We never got it going, because we found that the power wasn't there all the time...
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ahh my bad 
after more thought it does make sense tho ... i remember a documentary about when the US had to ground all aircraft on sept 11. they couldn't get a message out across the pond to stop aircraft arriving because they were too far away
after more thought it does make sense tho ... i remember a documentary about when the US had to ground all aircraft on sept 11. they couldn't get a message out across the pond to stop aircraft arriving because they were too far away
