Marc, Very funny! Nice write-up. Also, don’t take this the wrong way but you are not good at taking tests. 😁
- David WJ9O > On Mar 20, 2023, at 3:21 PM, M Reiter via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > > > so maybe this is for the VEC, maybe I am just venting, It took me 22 tries > to pass the Extra Exam, I passed the tech on my first try and maybe third > for general. > If I had wanted to be an electrical engineer and design antennas for NASA I > would have gone to college for that. all I want to do is shoot the junk with > someone in Australia and ask him or her how the weather is down there. for > a small increase in frequencies I am having to learn a huge amount of > electronic circuit theory. I feel this is just a bunch of old dudes > sitting in a room saying to each other " Ya that question will baffle them" > and not considering what questions might actually represent what is needed to > operate a radio. seriously many operators do not know the phonetic alphabet > or at least not the reason to use it. why do I need to know the reactance of > a pi-l circuit for 7.3 Mhz at 1800 somethings on the surface of the moon in > September in an odd solar year standing on one foot holding an antenna two > wavelengths from the surface if there are beetles moving underneath and I am > left handed. > > Marc KI5ZHO > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/
