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Certification and recertification exam for GVF Basic Auto Point Operator Certification.

Description

Certification/recertification exam for operators of auto-point earth stations equipped with centrally-managed modems (such as VSAT) and whose antennas have been type approved for autonomous, accurate pointing and cross-pol.

Format: online, self-paced. Includes limited knowledge exam and interactive skills test simulators.

This is the exam only. Training and review materials are NOT included. To prepare for this exam, course GVF 530 is highly recommended.

If your certification has expired, take this exam to recertify, which will extend your certification for three years.

GVF Training Member? Email gvfsupport@satprof.com to request free enrollment in this exam. Re-takes are free on request.

Not a GVF Training Member? Purchase this exam and email support to request one-time 30-day extension of the above courses, if previously enrolled. Re-take requires re-purchase of the exam.

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Lessons

3 lessons

Introduction
Written exam. Knowledge test, covering topics from GVF 530.
Skills test. Line Of Sight skills test with simulator.

Lessons 3

Hours 0.5-1, self-paced

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AUTHORS

Ralph Brooker

Mr. Brooker’s experience includes microwave integrated circuit and subsystem design, hardware and software engineering management, CAE/CAM software, production and process engineering management, VSAT system engineering, link and network planning, large earth station international project management, and simulation software for nonlinear amplifier distortion and antenna pointing error network effects. He has five issued patents and several publications and received an M.S.E.E. from the University of Illinois in 1981.

Greg Selzer

Mr. Selzer has managed and engineered a wide range of earth station system project at C-, Ku-, and Ka-band, for communications, broadcast, and other applications. He has previously served at Zilliox and Associates as a satellite engineering consultant and at Andrew Corporation as system engineer, project manager, and business unit manager in Europe and the U.S. He received a B.S.E.E. degree from Southern Methodist University in 1992.

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