Richard Jones
Hi Pete,
I am currently doing the very excellent Foundation course for after September 1st 2024. I have two problems.
1) I am disabled and live in a very small flat. My bedsit, where my computer resides is chock a block with books and piles of paper from my various hobbies and studies. So I assume that I cannot use that room for the exam?
The kitchen is cramped and very cluttered and not suitable with cupboards and draws everywhere. So that leaves only the bathroom to do the test in with my laptop. Is that likely to be OK? Who do I ask for a definitive answer?
2) I currently have an SDR-RTL V3 dongle radio using a magnetic loop aerial attached to my window. It sort of works but I can’t find any ham stations. There is a lot of interference, which comes from my iMac and the high speed router. It sounds like a washing machine. Obviously I can’t use the aerial for transmission and so I have ordered a JPC-12 vertical pole aerial, which I will have to put up each time I use it. My flats don’t allow external aerials and banned all satellite dishes. I have a busy road twenty yards from my window and so I’m wondering about interference and how to reduce it?
Best Wishes
Richard
