Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Ham Radio too?

I received some mail from Industry Canada today.

I am now officially licensed to operate a radio. I'm the proud owner of a Restricted Operator - Aeronautical Certificate. It apparently doesn't expire.

To be honest I'm not sure what it actually allows me to do aside from get my pilot's license. Maybe I should go digging through the electronic junk left in the basement after my dad passed away to see if I can pull out his HAM Radio. I don't think I'm really that interested in that and I also noticed that the certificate didn't come with one of those cool callsigns like VE4 OWL like my dad had.

Now I continue with ground school and studying for my PSTAR. I've found the online documentation extremely valuable so far - even if the videos I've been watching are hosted by a guy who is as funny as the Q key on this keyboard - maybe less.

One great resource I did find by doing a simple Google was "Robyn's Improved PSTAR Study Guide". I don't know anything about Robyn aside from the fact that she is a flight instructor based in Chilliwack with her own website and that she likes to eat Lemon Meringue pie. She did a fantastic job putting this study guide together. Aside from listing the correct answers from the TP11919E study guide, she also has great commentary for each question which explains:

Why the correct answer is correct.
Why the other answers are not correct.
Provides nice diagrams/graphics were applicable
Links to the AIM, CAR, and other resources.

If I'm ever in Chilliwack, I'm going to purchase her a slice of pie as a thank you!

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