----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Chester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 12:05 PM Subject: [AMRadio] Re: Amateur Radio Exam Question
> > From: "Bob Macklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I also don't have any interest in the cell phones operate. > > > > So I will just stay in the General segments. > > Are you serious? There are questions about CELL PHONES in the Extra Class > exam? > > What in the name of common sense does that have to do with amateur radio? Don & All: A few years ago, due to the fact that a group of friends on 75M moved down to the extra area of the band, I upgraded to extra. The exam date was set, so I decided I'd wait 'til two weeks before then and start studying. Well, my mother died just about two weeks before the exam, so I ended up not studying for the test at all. I took the test anyway, and passed with an 86% score. Not good, but considering I hadn't cracked a book, not bad. I was disturbed by the questions on the test. I think the extra test has been "dumbed down". It's all multiple-choice and some of the questions are strange, to say the least. When I first took an amateur radio test, in 1950, there were 100 questions and all were essay, no multiple choice. Also, I was required to draw several schematics relative to receivers, oscillators and transmitters. > > OTOH, how many questions are there about AM-related topics: modulation > transformers, class-E, pulse duration modulators, etc? NONE! > > If what you say is true, I wonder how long before we'll see questions about > iPods and gaming consoles! Probably soon. > > Don k4kyv 73, Barrie, W7ALW > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > 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. > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net 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.
