Studying For HAREC
IRTS HAREC Study Guide
The IRTS HAREC Amateur Radio Station Licence Study Guide, 4th Edition, is available as a free PDF, and can be purchased as a paperback book.
This textbook will assist anyone studying for the Irish Harmonised
Amateur Radio Examination Certificate, which is required to obtain
an amateur radio licence in Ireland.
It covers all the aspects of the Irish exam syllabus,
including the technical and the regulatory subjects. It focuses
on the fundamentals of both classic analogue, and modern Software
Defined Radio (SDR) transmitters and receivers, transmission
lines, antennas, analogue and digital modulation schemes, radio
wave formation and propagation, electromagnetic compatibility and
the prevention of interference. Important subjects of safety,
including non-ionising radiation protection, are introduced in a
practical manner. The relevant essentials of physics and
electronics, alternating current and sinusoidal and non-sinusoidal
signals, circuit reactance, impedance, and resonance, and their
applications, are explained at a level of detail required by the
exam syllabus. The non-technical part of the book introduces
frequency band plans, teaches a good way to make radio contacts
using voice and Morse Code telegraphy, explains the national and
international legislation, discusses the structure of call signs,
emergency communication, social responsibility and the radio
amateur code of conduct. This book is suitable for those learning
on their own, and those attending courses.
The authors are experienced tutors at
the National Short
Wave Listeners Club (NSWLC) who teach HAREC classes using it.
Anyone who learns using this guide should be able to pass the
licensing exam without a need for an extensive use of other
sources, even though further study is always recommended. The
Study Guide is complete, self-contained, and fully indexed. It has
430 pages, 40 tables, and 230 colour
illustrations. The free PDF is hyperlinked for interactive
reading, and it includes a basic level of PDF/UA assistive
support.
The IRTS welcomes feedback which will be used to prepare
a future edition of the Guide. Email
publisher(at)irts.ie.
The IRTS HAREC Study Guide is available for purchase as a paperback book. €35. €25 for IRTS Members. Shipping mid-February.
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