After several months of long hours in the second half of 2023, I am proud to announce that NORAC now has new Basic Qualification course material. The content is a fork of the Ylab material that was used in the 2023 course that has been largely re-written, redesigned, and improved.

Improvements include:

  • visual accessibility - all content follows the same standards for font sizes and font face that is easier to read for those with visual impairment
  • all busy pages have been broken up in to multiple pages, each with a logical subtopic
  • numerous changes to wording and explanations and additional explanations
  • additional images/graphics
  • complete re-organization of the content such that course material follows ISED exam categories - makes studying and writing practice exams much easier!
  • a "cheat sheet" for a quick review of key parts of what needs to be known for the exam

I would like thank the following people for their support, suggestions, and reviews:

  • my XYL, Tanya, and son, Alex VE7AHX (14)
  • Ritchie Leslie VA7RLX
  • Doug Stewart VA7CPS
  • Cary Benson VA7MXY
  • John Semenec VE7JWS
  • Jeromy Hildebrand VE7JAR
  • Howard Sisson VA7PWF
  • Richard Reeves VE7NT
  • Yael Cohen VE7YDC
  • ... among many others - thank you all!

The material is hosted on NORAC's Google Drive account and is publicly available here.  In the spirit of open source licensing, the material is re-released under the Creative Commons License.

Please feel free to peruse, and if you have any constructive feedback, email me at education@norac.bc.ca.

Cheers!

Michal VE7MHX/VE7TMZ
NORAC Education Coordinator