(FULL) HAM radio workshop and exam (ALL SPOTS FULL)
Sign-up form: Google form
Becoming amateur radio operator is not that hard, specially if you come from techie background. Workshop will cover basics needed to get certified as class D (entry-level) amateur radio operator, from physics to law to communication protocols, equipment and community.
If you feel ready - perhaps having studied and tried answering exam questions - you can pass both practical and theoretical part of exam during BSides Tallinn.
Workshop is planned together with village on 25th - so participants can get an intro course to amateur radio, do first communication tests and take amateur radio operator's exam on-site (class D), like in famous DEFCON https://defcon.social/@HamRadioVillage.
Village, workshop and exams are organized by Radio Network Committe of Eesti Raadioamatööride Ühing (https://eesti-raadioamatooride-uhing.github.io/raadiosidevorkude-toimkond/) having goal of building and maintaining repeaters, IP and radio networks, digital systems, and cybersecurity.
Estonian Radio Amateurs Union https://erau.ee/en/ has been active since 1935, with members taking part in contests and organizing field days. Workshop and village are created by ERAÜ's Radio Networks Committee, tasked to build and maintain repeaters, IP and radio networks, digital systems, and taking care of related cybersecurity.
Our goal is simple: more airtime, more coverage, more radio amateurs on the air every day.