Bill,
Back when they had the novice class, I always figured the tecnician class
needed to be more technical as for repairing radios than did the novice. How
can one be a technician if they do not know electronics or how to work on one?
Since they did away with the novice, are they saying it's ok to be dumb but be
a technician? That's a sure route to get someone killed by HV in an amp or tube
type transceiver if they know nothing at all.
Best,
Will
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On 6/28/06 at 9:45 AM Bill Fuqua wrote:
>This is a bit off the topic of "AMPS" but is related to building your
>own equipment.
>
> I had been teaching ham radio classes for many years. Can't remember
>when I started. I have received the new ARRL technician's license manual
>and was surprised how little technical information was in it. Yesterday I
>downloaded the new question pool and searched it only to by surprise find
>there are no references to resonance in it at all. Not a word. Inductance
>is only in it once but only as a wrong answer to a question having to do
>with resistance. Many of the "technical questions" only have to do with
>how
>to operate a transceiver, which should be in the instruction manual
>anyway. There are questions about what the tuning knob is used for, what
>the function button does etc.
>I don't know why I should even teach a technician's license class anymore.
>What is the point. Maybe just continue to teach the code for now... until
>that is eliminated.
> A technicians class license gives the holder the privilege to design,
>test and construct transmitters and amplifiers. One concern is that this
>privilege may be taken away. And this privilege could be taken away from
>amateur radio all together if the other class license question pools are
>dumbed down similarly.
>
>"Technician Class License" is a oxymoron.
>
>73
>Bill wa4lav
>
>
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