I passed the General exam in 1957 mostly with waht I leaned in USAF Radar Schaool and some reading in the ARRL handbook. We had to draw schematics and work math problems. No multiple guess. We could use a sliderule for thos problems in those days.
I took the Extra exam this year after being pushed by friends to do so. I looked at the question pool twicwe then just took the test with what knowledge i had. I got 80% correct. I personally think the current Extra exam is a bunch of BS! Too much computer BS in it. My weak area was the satalite stuff which I did not want to spend time learning since I will never use it. Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa. "Real Radios Glow In The Dark!" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernie Doran" <[email protected]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 2:10 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Extra Class License > Hi Tom: I respectful have to disagree with you. the extra that I passed > was > far simpler that the general examination that I took in 1954. for that > test > one had to correctly draw circuits, my test required a Hartley oscillator > and a neutralized push pull triode amplifier and I believe a few others. > I > took a first phone the same year and found it to be about the same as the > extra of those days. I never took the twenty WPM as the best I could copy > was about 22 and I figuired that was not enough of a buffer, plus the > bands > were the same for extra and general at that time. I would like to hear > comments from others that took the general/extra back in the 50s and see > what they thought, I guess the best thing would be track down an old > license > manual. 73 Bernie > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas F. Giella NZ4O" <[email protected]> > To: "AM [email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 2:50 PM > Subject: [AMRadio] Extra Class License > > >> Bernie Said: >> .....And yes, I know this has been brought up before, and yes I know >> there >> are generals, not >> an excuse for most, a few hours with the license manual and you are an >> extra. I talked with a 13 year girl a while back that was an extra!!..... >> >> NZ4O Says: >> It really get's old hearing the Extra Class license denigrated on this >> email >> list. I have a BS in Meteorology, an MS in Space Plasma Physics and an >> above >> average IQ but could not memorize all of the answers to all of the >> questions >> in the current Extra Class license question pool. I had to study and >> understand the material over a period of a few months to pass the test on >> the first try. >> >> 99.9% of the people that denigrate the current Extra Class question pool >> as >> being so easy that the answers to the questions can be memorized in short >> order, CAN NOT ACCOMPLISH THAT FEAT. Since the Morse code requirement was >> reduced to 5 wpm and then ultimately to zilch (which I did not agree >> with) >> the question pools have been toughened. >> >> The average Extra Class ham that passed the written rest 10-20 years ago >> could not pass the current exam without real study. >> >> 73 & GUD DX, >> Thomas F. 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