=====ETA313-01 Introduction=====

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  * Introduce myself (SA6JKK is my callsign, 'callsign' 'at' gmail.com, ham since 2019)
  * Todays agenda
  * You are licensed to transmit with >100 W using most equipment on certain frequencies. Typically it is the radio that is licensed
  * Callsigns are not anonymous (google my callsign) 

Why ham/amateur radio? (ham with small letters)
  * SA6JKK's interests
    * Build my own radio equipment and use it legally
    * Investigate wave propagation with digital "weak signal modes"
    * amateur satellite communication
    * Microwave experiments
    * AMPRNet (ETA/SK6AB is an internet service provider)
    * Teaching and learning about radio 
  * Others interests 
    * Talk with locals on VHF/UHF
    * Talk with the entire world using HF
    * Talk with the entire world using low power HF, QRP (<10W)
    * Morse code (CW)
    * Prepping and emergency communications
    * Contests, radio operation competitions
    * Sending QSL cards, physical cards to signify a contact has been made
    * Radio-orienteering (license not required but common)
    * Collecting diplomas for all earlier activities. (Example talk to 100 countries = DXCC award)

Course introduction
  * What is the course information channel? 
    * Show this wiki and the course plan
  * Course material
    * SSA provides the material
      * https://www.ssa.se/ssa/dokument/utbildningsmaterial/#elf_l1_Lw
      * KonCEPT (might not be latest version)
        * http://akademin.ssa.se/files/koncept-pdf/koncept.pdf 
        * https://github.com/SverigesSandareamatorer/SSA-Akademin
        * Open source course book in Swedish
      * English course book
        * TBD ...  no good resource found yet
      * IARU ethics 
      * Test site
        * https://examen.ssa.se/
    * The license test
      * two parts, Technology + electrical safety and Regulations. Each part cost 100kr to write **(TBD)** 
      * I will not teach 100% of what is required to pass the tests
      * Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler
      * No Morse code (CW)
      * Not a super difficult test but it requires practice. 2023 ETA had 100% success rate for the test 
      * If you pass you need to pay a licence fee to SSA. 
    * What does the course cost?
      * The course itself cost nothing :) but please attend the ETA-auction in December