[TenTec] Extra Class Licensing

[Jacobs, Gordon]

My 2 cents for what it's worth! I occasionally hire technicians. I have
interviewed approximately 20 applicants in the last 3 years. With all kinds
of qualifications and schooling at least 10 of them could not tell me what
ohms law is. They could program routers and all of that stuff, but when it
came down to basic trouble shooting you can forget it. It seems that some
thing is lacking in this computer age. Of course I am just an OF. Gordon

-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart Rohre [mailto:rohre at arlut.utexas.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 2:53 PM
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Extra Class Licensing


The problem in not just ham tests, in fact the Extra Class question pool is
larger than ever before since they added the former Advanced questions to
it.   Just memorizing is not something I ever found easy to do, and I really
doubt that it is easier than learning the basics of how things work.

To do that you have to take 9 th grade General Science, High School
Chemistry and High School Physics.  Building a crystal set is good.  Those
are the things apparently lacking from schools today.  A ham club can start
a school program in electronics and ham radio.  The ARRL is sponsoring it
and provides funding to committed schools.  It is called, "The Big Project"
and it is one big enough for us all that are licensed to help with.
Syllabus help is available from ARRL and other schools like the ones you
read about in QST.

Elmering newer hams no matter their license level; is good.   But instead of
you doing all the work, show them the formula for the dipole, make them
carry out the calculation, and tell them about leaving some footage on each
end to adjust the frequency once you have it in location.  Out in the yard,
make them use the tools to measure and cut the wire.  Show them on one
insulator how to wrap the wire around the eye and back on itself.  Then, let
them do the other end insulator.  Each of you, or preferably the newbie, do
the center, with you supervising his attachment of the feeder and the
antenna connector.   "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach
him to fish and you feed him for life."
73,
Stuart
K5KVH


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