I was a trained Electronic Technician . Yes the Extra exam is really something else. I crawled into the brain of the people that wrote that thing. In the case of formulas I just had to get the digits right and ignore the decimal point. I only had to really study stuff that I never was exposed to, plus now there are question pools. In the early 70s there were no question pools for the RadioTelephone and Radar licenses. one had to study the complete knowledge. You are lucky now as in the old days , one had to draw out a schematic or two. OH yes I passed the first try up in Stevenville.. In Cuba one has to make a transmitter [parts came from junked out TV sets in order to be licensed. Michael Monsour AC0TX.
On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 4:28 PM John Denison via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: > When I decided to get my first ham license, I took the online sample > tests repeatedly until I was confident that I would pass at the testing > session. I used the same method for my General class license, but both > times I had read ARRL books on the respective licenses so that I would > know what the material is and what the questions were referring to. > > You can do what you stated you wanted to do with a General class > license, but an Extra class license gives you not only more spectrum to > use, but spectrum that the other classes can't use. Being a ham isn't > only about communicating or making contacts across the globe, but among > other things, we advance the art and contribute to developing new ideas > in the communications field. We have to be technically minded in order > to do that. I have yet to attempt the Extra class license test, but it > is a goal of mine for the future. > > 73 > John Denison > KD5YOU > > On 3/20/2023 3:20 PM, M Reiter via BVARC 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/ >
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