On Jul 7, 2007, at 4:46 PM, W2AGN wrote:
Yep, for some reason Bill responded to this almost 2 weeks after my
message. I
avoided further comment, knowing I would get blamed for it.
At the risk of incurring the wrath of the list moderator -- I must
confess that I was reading old
I don't remember the format of the written, but MC doesn't sound wrong. I
know the code test was fill-in-the-blank, which I found quite odd. I do
remember one question, tho.
His occupation was _.
My copy had ??mber?.
I was torn between plumber and lumber salesman.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When I took my general in 1961 at the LA Federal Building, I had to
draw a schematic of a Colpitt's Osc.
They weren't specific if it had to be solid state or Vacuum tube, so
I drew the solid state version I thought I knew best.
WOW, solid-state in 1962? Now that's
In a message dated 7/6/07 8:44:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
I took my tests in 1980 under a
steely-eyed FCC examiner, and they were multiple-choice back then.
I took mine in 1968 and 1970, and the written exams were all multiple choice
then, too. Novice to Extra.
As one of those asking what I'm certain are very basic questions
which seem obvious to those with eon's of experience, I would like to
present an alternate point of view to consider.
While the grizzled experts who can absently tap code on the bartop
without realizing it may want to look
On the 23rd 24th of June 2007 Eric declared an END OF THREAD for this.
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toby
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Toby Deinhardt wrote:
On the 23rd 24th of June 2007 Eric declared an END OF THREAD for this.
http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/elecraft/
toby
Yep, for some reason Bill responded to this almost 2 weeks after my message. I
avoided further comment, knowing I would get blamed for it.
On Jun 23, 2007, at 4:39 PM, W2AGN wrote:
Well Said! Unfortunately, you will now be relegated to the
classification of
old-fuddy-duddy or worse by the MCE crowd. (MCE=Multiple
Choice Extras).
I'm not sure what you are implying. I took my tests in 1980 under a
steely-eyed FCC examiner,
Bill wrote to John:
I'm not sure what you are implying. I took my tests in 1980 under a
steely-eyed FCC examiner, and they were multiple-choice back then.
The FCC ham technical exams were multiple choice when I took my first one in
1968, and they had been at least as far back as the early
Mike Morrow wrote:
The FCC ham technical exams were multiple choice when I took my first
one in 1968, and they had been at least as far back as the early
1950s when my Dad took his.
The only FCC technical exams that were not ALL multiple choice was/is
the one for First and Second Class
When I took my general in 1961 at the LA Federal Building, I had to draw a
schematic of a Colpitt's Osc.
They weren't specific if it had to be solid state or Vacuum tube, so I drew
the solid state version I thought I knew best.
Al WA6VNN
** See
The theory was bad enough but what about the 20WPM
code. Had to go back three times before I got it.
Had an awful time. I guess that's one of the reasons
I hated to see the cw requirement go. It was so hard
for me but if you want it bad enough etc. etc.
Cheers,
jim/k2hn
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The theory was bad enough but what about the 20WPM
code. Had to go back three times
: [Elecraft] Hate the word HAM
The theory was bad enough but what about the 20WPM
code. Had to go back three times before I got it.
Had an awful time. I guess that's one of the
reasons
I hated to see the cw requirement go. It was so
hard
for me but if you want it bad enough etc. etc
On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 20:15:40 -0500 (GMT-05:00), Mike Morrow wrote:
Bill wrote to John:
I'm not sure what you are implying. I took my tests in 1980 under a
steely-eyed FCC examiner, and they were multiple-choice back then.
When I saw Bill's comment I looked into the mirror. My grey
eyes did
Mike K4ELV wrote:
I certainly agree with Jozef. There is something called tradition. We are
hams, and should be proud of that title. It took much effort in days
past, unlike today. When I recieved my Extra class license it meant
something other than the fact of successfully memorizing some
END OF THREAD - Please. (I thought I ended this yesterday... :-)
73, Eric WA6HHQ
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[EMAIL PROTECTED],net wrote:
I certainly agree with Jozef. There is something called tradition. We are
hams, and should be proud of that title. It took much effort in days
past, unlike today. When I recieved my Extra class license it meant
something other than the fact of successfully
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