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YARA Radio Courses 

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The YARA course programs

2026 Basic Level Course - Self Study Group/mentoring/drop-in - Wednesdays from 7pm - 8:30pm, Normandy Place. We go through exam questions of the Hamstudy course. The online Hamstudy Course is also available $20+GST for 30-days, $35+GST for 90 days. Study guides - $50 per book. For more information: president@yara.ca.
See previous group photos in the YARA photo albums

Examiners - When you are ready to write your exam any time, contact:
Allen Wooten VY1KX - examiner-1@yara.ca

For regular classes with an instructor, we need at least 5 students and not more than 15. So if you want to take a "ham class" check with your friends and see how many others are interested and let us know. We will add your name to the list of people interested. We will also try to get more people involved. Please Contact us. I
YARA President: email: president@yara.ca

In previous years YARA has offered different class options for the Basic Radio Course: in evenings twice a week over 6 weeks, intensive weekend courses, and group study sessions. There have also been other short courses and hands-on workshops.

On-line courses and self-study materials

You can purchase manuals and download Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) materials (regulations and question bank), as well as use excellent the on-line study materials of CLARS (Cold Lake Amateur Radio Society). Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada also has an practice exam questions generator. If you need help or coaching contact us, and/orjoin us for coffee/breakfast 8:45 am Saturdays at A & W on 2nd Ave

Note: Morse Code is not required to obtain a licence, but many amateur radio operators learn Code for fun and for communications in poor propagation conditions. There are probably more more code operators now than when it was a requirement. ARRL information on Morse Code

In the interim, or if there are not enough students available for a formal class, you still have other options to study and get your licence:

  1. Check out the online training program offered by CLARSCold Lake Amateur Radio Society Basic and Advanced Training
  2. You can do "self-study". YARA has its own CD/USB stick study guide/tutor based on previous courses (needs updating). Download this to your computer and "unzip" it. Make a shortcut on you desktop to the README.htm file for quick access. Just follow the instructions on the disk. Click here to download
  3. Amateur radio Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada publications
  4. Practice Exam Question Bank, RIC-7 - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Questions
  5. Exam Generator Software - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Exam
  6. Android phone/tablet Ham Exam Canada Test Prep
  7. ExHAMiner, a self-test program for candidates to the Canadian Amateur Radio certification
  8. If you need help or coaching contact us, and or
  9. Join us for coffee/breakfast 9:00 am Saturdays at the A & W on 2nd Ave
  10. Writing your exam: A member of YARA is an accredited examiner. When you are ready to write your exam, contact us to set up a convenient time:
    Allen Wooten VY1KX - examiner-1@yara.ca

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