This is somewhat dated, but I took the extra exam and the first class radiotelephone exam on the same day, at the FCC office in NYC. Extra in the morning, as a warmup for the first. As it turned out,
I sure don't, but I do remember sitting in one of those rickety wooden chair/desk combos down on Varick St. some 25+ years ago and sweating the code for the General exam. W2XX/7 _____________________
phone. passage My uncle, who freely admits he is an appliance op who knows nothing at all about radio, failed the extra theory time and time again in the 60's and 70's. Without being active or worki
As an ARRL VE, and one who took and passed the pre-2000 extra class test, I can state in no uncertain terms the that ALL of the current theory tests for any class license are easier than they were in
Kevin, SIR!..You are AB-SO-LUTE-LY correct...and to some degree it burns my "insulators" discussing this...I normally don't "chime" in when I don't have an out right solution...but.. I was licensed i
"It's just a little embarrassing to wander across an antenna conversation in the Extra portion of 20m and notice that nobody involved knows the formula for a half wave dipole or quarter wave vertical
Part of the problem is that the older hams want to have nothing to do with the younger kids - there is no mentoring at all. In many cases, it is outright hostility. The older, more experienced hams t
I hate to reopen the CW bag of worms, but I must mention, In the late 50's I failed my first extra class test because I made two mistakes SENDING 20 wpm CW with the Tampa FCC office hand key. Thirty
Tom, Yes, I want engineering types on the "Extra Class" portions of the bands. I do not want to converse about radio-related subjects with someone who doesn't have that capability. I am selective --
Are only people with Engineering Degrees from ABET accredited schools worthy of having a Ham license?; or is that people with only P.E. license, M.S. Engineering, or Ph.D. in Engineering? Only in Ele
I believe you will find the "outright hostility" you speak of may come from the other side of the aisle as well. The impatience of a "NOW" generation can make being a good mentor a real challenge. Bo
Hi Steve, Nice to see you on the reflector. Isn't it amazing that we both passed that "impossible" cw test before graduating from High School? I couldn't agree more, though. The extra class license i
There are few very basic things that, IMHO, all Hams should know. The basic antenna formulas, basic AC-DC theory, acceptable operating practices, FCC rules and regs. Nope, the guys who had to sit in
I think we should change the topic of this thread to something less controversial like religion or politics :):) Steve, K7LXC please stop this thread, or I will be forced to post my recently composed
of may come from "NOW" generation nothing to do with many cases, it is tend to exclude the impatience, long hair, Read page 60 of the August QST. Packet, Pactor, and NVIS There we find an example of
I'll leave out the reference to the girl as she is apparently a bright kid tutored well in electronics from an early age, not some kid who decided to read a book and take the exam. As for the genera
grey And has been since the days of Socrates, at least. I am reminded of a report of the meeting of the Alpine Club (in London) where the idea of admitting women as proposed. "Rather death" was the r
Nothing personal to the lawyer and his comments, but being a lawyer, he should understand the rules: FCC Part 97 .1 == The rules and regulations in this Part are designed to provide an amateur radio
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 16:15:12 -0400 (Eastern Standard Time)
I'm gonna be a critic here for just a moment. First of all, I fail to see the relation here of this discussion to towertalk. I know, I'm not the moderator, and could really care less either way. But
Author: "K8RI on Tower talk" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 16:27:26 -0400
To hobbies, or at least they are to me, where I seen the extablished help and guide the new comers are Aviation and Amateur Radio. Certainly there are those in either who do not and they are sometime