The Club runs courses to help our Members progress through their Radio Communications Exams, and we have a very high success rate from our students to date.

Our home at the Britannia Hotel is an RSGB Registered Examination Centre, and we're hosting Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced Exams there every year.

With our Foundation Licence Training Courses, we have got six new M6s on the air in 2008, another seven in 2009, four in 2010, and four more in 2011.

Having completed the course, the successful candidates are able to obtain their Foundation Licences, which gives them access to most of the Amateur bands with 10 watts of power: this is sufficient to make worldwide contacts, or join in local radio nets with our Members.

We've also had success with our Intermediate Licence Training Courses where almost all candidates passed at their first attempt.

The Club will be running further courses for the Foundation, Intermediate and Advanced Licences, as detailed below.
These are held in the evenings (from 7pm) at the Britannia Hotel, Beaumont Road, Bolton.

These classes are dedicated training evenings, some of which include practical assessments and demonstrations.

The fees depend on the number of candidates on each course: for example the fee for our 2010 Foundation course was £42.50, and £50 for the Intermediate course.
There is a minimum number of candidates required for us to put on a course, but you can reserve your place in advance on the next one by payment of the course and any membership fees due.

We do encourage all candidates to join the Bolton Wireless Club and come along to our Monday-night meetings where they can learn even more about Amateur radio.

There will be an Advanced Licence course running from January 2012 for a June Exam. This is organised as a distance learning exercise by Steve G0FUW (located in Bath), with Ian, Mark and Glenn providing support as required locally. Our candidates will sit their exam at the Club in June 2012 as usual.
Candidates will need to register with Steve at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (please mention that you are from Bolton Wireless Club), but there are only a limited number of places available.
Contact Ian,  Glenn or Paul for further information.

Our next Foundation course  is planned to start in late January or early February 2012.

Please contact me by email   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call me on 07817 308155  to enrol, or for further information.

Paul Sephton : Training Officer