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title: How to get an amateur radio license in Austria
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summary: >
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This is a short story from my life that explains how I came to my amateur
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radio license.
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date: 2020-01-02T17:01:26+01:00
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lastmod: "2023-02-12T01:32:43+0100"
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tags: [life]
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---
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I'm not the casual ham radio operator that always wanted to operate his own
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ham radio station. I tried CB once but had to travel quite a bit to reach other
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stations (trucks on the highway for example). I've played with SDR before and
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tried a few things with GNUradio and gqrx but I never got deeper into this kind
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of things.
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{{< alert circle-info >}}
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Just to be clear on this: This is not a tutorial, this is a short story from
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my life that explains how I came to my amateur radio license. This article was
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already published in german on an older website.
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{{< /alert >}}
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In 2019 I decided to go on a [preparatory course](https://oe7.oevsv.at/veranstaltungen/veranstaltungen-00001/Amateurfunkkurs-in-Innsbruck/)
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at the local ham radio club.
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A confirmation email was sent to me but the docs for the course had to be changed
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because changes have been made to austrian laws regarding ham radio and
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telecommunication in general. So scripts were not up to date at that moment.
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## General information
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The course was held in a room in a federal higher technical institute in
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Innsbruck.
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We had to attend these blocks:
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**1. block**
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- **Friday, September 27, (15:00 to 20:30)**
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introduction and law pt 1
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- **Saturday, September 28, (09:00 to 18:00)**
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law pt 2 and engineering pt 1
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**2. block**
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- **Friday, October 4, (15:00 to 20:30)**
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operating technology pt 1
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- **Saturday, October 5, (09:00 to 18:00)**
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engineering pt 2
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**3. block**
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- **Friday, October 11, (15:00 to 20:30)**
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engineering pt 3
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- **Saturday, October 12, (09:00 to 18:00)**
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engineering pt 4 and operating technology pt 2
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**4. block---refreshing**
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- **Saturday, October 19, (13:00 to 17:00)**
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simulation of an exam (it was highly recommended to visit this training)
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## Cost report
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This represents the total amount of money I had to put into getting my license.
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| date and time | value | description |
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| :--- | ---: | :--- |
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| 12.08.2019, Monday | 75.56 € | documentation scripts |
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| 27.09.2019, Friday | 90.00 € | the course itself |
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| 27.09.2019, Friday | 14.70 € | parking "Hentschelhof" |
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| 28.09.2019, Saturday | 48.15 € | refueling |
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| 28.09.2019, Saturday | 10 € | lunch |
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| 28.09.2019, Saturday | 14.40 € | parking "Wilten" |
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| 04.10.2019, Friday | 14.40 € | parking "Wilten" |
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| 05.10.2019, Saturday | 10 € | lunch |
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| 05.10.2019, Saturday | 18.20 € | parking "Altstadtgarage" |
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| 05.10.2019, Saturday | 53.11 € | refueling |
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| 11.10.2019, Friday | 14.70 € | parking "Altstadtgarage" |
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| 12.10.2019, Saturday | 7 € | lunch |
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| 12.10.2019, Saturday | 18.20 € | parking "Altstadtgarage" |
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| 12.10.2019, Saturday | 45.26 € | refueling |
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| 19.10.2019, Saturday | 13 € | parking "Markthalle" |
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| 19.10.2019, Saturday | 57.08 € | refueling |
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| 22.10.2019, Tuesday | 28.83 € | examination fee |
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| 22.10.2019, Tuesday | 14.30 € | examination certificate |
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| 22.10.2019, Tuesday | 3 € | parking "SOHO 2.0" |
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| | **549.89 €** | **total** |
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In the end I paid **203.60€** for gasoline, **27€** for lunch on Saturdays and
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**110.60€** for parking my car.
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At this time I drove a BMW M140i which needed around 9 liters gas per 100
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kilometers---you may get away with less on that part.
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## The exam
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The exam is split into three different topics: law, engineering and operating
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technology.
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Every person gets three questions in *law*, three questions in *engineering* and
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three questions in *operating technology*. This happens one person at a time, so
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if person 1 answered the first three questions person 2 has to answer three
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other questions in the same topic.
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We had to leave the room for a while when our examiners discussed our results.
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When we entered the room again we were told if we get a license or not :wink:
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All attendees have passed the exam and got their license. We were 15 people.
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## Future plans
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Most of us have already requested their callsign. A workshop about different
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transeivers and antennas is planned for November 23 in Innsbruck from 09:00 to
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18:00. At 19:00 a graduation party is planned at the restaurant Deck 47 in
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Innsbruck.
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I joined the local ham radio club **ÖVSV** and I am a member of **ADL714**.
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My shack is growing slowly. I own a few devices that allow me to setup a small
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station on short wave and on the digital sector within the DMR Austria network
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(IPSC2) and YSF (C4FM).
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73 de Dominic, OE7DRT
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## Leaving the Austrian Amateur Radio League
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{{< alert >}}
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**This is an update written in February 2023**
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{{< /alert >}}
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_I am no member of the Austrian Amateur Radio League since the end of 2022._
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As per requirement of the club I sent the letter via Austrian Post as a
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registered letter (I also get notified when the letter is marked as delivered).
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The letter has been brought to the post office on 14 October 2022, and finally
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delivered on 18 October 2022. I wanted a confirmation (which I stated in the
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letter) but I got none (not until today, 12 February 2023).
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As of today, I can only assume it was read (and understood) which (I guess)
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makes a confirmation unnecessary (as of today). A confirmation would have been
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nice and I thought normal people do that anyway (but I also left a notice in
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the letter).
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I find this behavior unprofessional and also a bit pathetic. I've held more on
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the club before, but just ignoring people is not something that I can support
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easily.
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People often do not show their real faces when you encounter them for the first
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time, but as always: time will tell.
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