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Radio Communicator Badge |
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Radio Communicator Badge |
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The Northampton Scout Amateur Radio Group ran its first proficiency badge course in 1981 and since then individual handouts have been produced covering a wide range of subjects relating to the Scout Communicator Badge Course. A number of these handouts are available to download from these pages and more will be added when time permits. |
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Handouts for the Radio
Communicator Badge Course are listed below under subject headings. To download click on
the Word icon 
for Word format or the PDF icon
for Adobe
Acrobat format.
An Introduction into Amateur Radio
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Title |
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| HSCOMM01 | Amateur Frequency Allocations |
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| HSCOMM02 | Amateur Radio, Understanding Callsigns |
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| HSCOMM03 | Use of Radio Transmitting Equipment | |
| HSCOMM11 | Phonetic Alphabet & Morse Code | |
| HSCOMM12 | Amateur Radio - Learning by Listening | |
| HSCOMM13 | Amateur Radio Abbreviations | |
| HSCOMM14 | Prefixes of the United Kingdom | |
| HSCOMM21 | Prefixes of Europe | |
| HSCOMM22 | Club Prefixes of the United Kingdom | |
| HSCOMM26 | Frequency Spectrum |
Propagation of Radio Waves
Code |
Title |
Download |
| HSCOMM04 | Ionospheric Propagation |
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| HSCOMM05 | Tropospheric Propagation |
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| HSCOMM07 | Sporadic E Propagation | |
| HSCOMM09 | Maximum Usable Frequency | |
| HSCOMM10 | Sunspots & Radio Waves | |
| HSCOMM15 | Frequency Prediction Charts |
Tuning Communications Receivers
Code |
Title |
| HSCOMM06 | Tuning the FRG7000 Receiver |
| HSCOMM08 | Tuning the FRG8000 Receiver |
| HSCOMM27 | Tuning the R600 Receiver |
Amateur Radio Antennas
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Title |
| HSCOMM17 | Amateur Radio Aerials |
| HSCOMM18 | The Beam Antenna |
| HSCOMM20 | The Dipole Antenna |
Repeaters and Satellites
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Title |
| HSCOMM16 | Packet Radio - An Introduction |
| HSCOMM19 | Satellite Communication |
| HSCOMM23 | Repeaters |
| HSCOMM28 | Heavenly Bodies - Satellites |
| HSCOMM29 | Scan Television - An Introduction |
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