Peter Sipple M0PSX teaching Cathy Colless now M0RTW at the CARS Foundation course

Radio ham to head to Antarctica

In October radio amateur Cathy Colless M0RTW

will travel to Antarctica to take up the post of Radio Communications Officer at the Rothera Research Station



Cathy has just started a blog that will detail her experiences in this opportunity of a life-time, follow it at http://passyourmessage.com/



In 2013 Cathy took, and passed, all three amateur radio licence levels in just 57 days with no prior amateur radio experience.



She did the Foundation course and exam with the Chelmsford Amateur Radio Society (CARS) in October 2013, and whilst attending the CARS Advanced course in November, took her Intermediate exam with the Bromley and District Amateur Radio Society. With the Intermediate successfully under her belt, she was able to sit the Advanced exam session with CARS on December 6, 2013 and became the holder of M0RTW.



Cathy said: “The training team at CARS were consistently generous, patient, friendly and knowledgeable. The training was well planned and paced and very carefully prepared, and the team was very supportive, with encouragement such as “we’ve all been where you are now… Don’t worry, the penny will drop…don’t give up!” I owe the team at CARS a big thank you for all their help and support.”



“The Advanced exam in December was tough and I was shocked when I passed it (with merit to boot). It just goes to show what a good job the CARS training team did.”





Clive Ward G1EUC

To find out more about amateur radio and the CARS training courses speak to Clive G1EUC on

Tel: 01245-224577

Mob: 07860-418835

E-mail: training2014 at g0mwt.org.uk

Web: http://www.g0mwt.org.uk/training/



What is Amateur Radio ?

http://www.essexham.co.uk/what-is-amateur-radio



Fully Licensed in 57 Days

http://www.essexham.co.uk/news/fully-licensed-in-57-days.html