For the last few years, some of the traffic handlers in California have been running a trivia game, conducted via the NTS. For a short while, "tough copy" got taken to somewhat of an extreme. Try "NAME THE ICELANDIC VOLCANO WHOSE ASH CLOSED AIRPORTS IN EUROPE IN 2010." Or "WHAT IS THE SCIENTIFIC TERM FOR STOMACH RUMBLING QUERY." Or "WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AA AND PAHOEHOE QUERY."
At some point we toned it down because we didn't want to scare anyone off! 73 Kate K6HTN On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Alan Bloom <[email protected]> wrote: > Years ago, Chuck Bender W1WPR, chief operator at W1AW, was giving the > Novice exam to young Jamie White, son of a couple HQ staffers. He > didn't want to make the 5 wpm CW test too easy for fear of being accused > of going easy on the ARRL kid. The text included: > > "McKeesport is situated at the confluence of the Youghiogheny and the > Monongahela." > > I believe Jamie got 100%. > > Alan N1AL > > > On Thu, 2011-06-30 at 15:32 -0500, Tony Estep wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Chuck Smallhouse <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > ...ended up taking the CW test three times.... > > > > > > Ah, the CW test. I still remember the beginning of the text from my > General > > exam in 1958: "Turning westward, 300 aircraft blanketed the horizon..." > > > > Tony KT0NY > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
