I was real lucky in that when I got my commercial license (before my general ham ticket), the questions were all about tube stuff I was interested in building.
The questions were actually very interesting (and easy)! The general test was also easy (at that time). I would get about a 50% on the current extra test... Brett N2DTS > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Brashear > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 7:42 PM > To: 'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service' > Subject: RE: [AMRadio] RE: Average Age etc.. > > Yep! You're right, Ron. I know there was at least one > schematic that had > to be drawn and you certainly had to have a working knowledge > of current > flow and basic circuit design. I guess there were more questions then > relating to the type of equipment we used in those days. > When I got my > General there was no such thing as a "no tune" transmitter or > amplifier. > You had to know when, how and why to dip! I guess progress > has moved the > test beyond the need for such knowledge, but I can't help but > believe it was > a good thing to know then and would be a good thing to know > now. Of course, > I'm an old coot and live in the past. > > Rick/K5IAR > > Hey! I'm 62 but whose counting? I seem to recall that when I > upgraded my > Novice license I actually had to draw a Hartley oscillator > and label the > component values.... There were some multiple guess but they > were rules etc > as I recall... > > K3PID ( was KN3PID at the time..) > Ron H. > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
