SARL NEWS - SUNDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2010

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In the news today:

OCTOBER RAE RESULTS RELEASED

SCORE A 2011 ARRL HANDBOOK IN THE FIELD DAY CONTEST

2011 CONSTRUCTION COMPETITION WITH GREAT PRIZES

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other important and interesting news items.

OCTOBER RAE RESULTS RELEASED

"I have a concern that the examination is by some candidates not taken
seriously, that there is not sufficient effort being put into learning
the material", RAE Manager, Mark Zank, said when he released the
results on Friday. "I believe that it is very important for candidates
to attend classes that are arranged by many clubs as there is a lot
more learnt from the knowledge and interaction with other candidates."

"I am aware of three SARL affiliated clubs that have achieved a 100%
pass rate. The three clubs are Oakdale, Sandton and Kempton Park. These
clubs provide excellent tuition and their lecturers put lots of energy
into creating teaching material. There may be other clubs that have
also achieved a 100% pass rate but this has not yet been brought to the
attention of the SARL."

"A number of new questions were included in the past examination and
new questions will be added to the exams going forward This is done to
ensure that at all times we remain compliant to the HAREC
requirements," Mark said.

Congratulations to all candidates who passed the RAE. For those that
have not quite made it, please do not give up, you will have another
opportunity to tackle the examination in May 2011.

The SARL is still awaiting examination papers which became stuck in the
postal system and the SARL is keeping track of those papers and as soon
as they arrive, they will be marked and successful candidates will be
added to the list.

The SARL expects that call signs will be issued in the next few days.
As soon as they are released the SARL web will be updated and
successful candidates may start operating immediately. The actual
printed licence may take several weeks before being processed. Please
do not call ICASA as that will only slow down the processing.

The youngest candidate that wrote the RAE was 9 years old the oldest
was 66 years old. The highest score was 98% for the Class A and 96% for
the Class B. The pass rates for class A exam was 85% and 66% for class
B.