Today, I sat my Canadian Basic Amateur Radio exam and passed! I have chosen the call-sign VE7YRK. VE7 is the "area prefix" for British Columbia. YRK is to link back to my home area, Yorkshire, UK. In this article, I'll explain how I studied. History I built small receivers (and the odd low-power transmitter) when I was a teenager. I also played around a lot with CB radios. I never got my UK Amateur radio license. I took AS Level electronics when I was in school. This gave me a good grounding ...