Wow, that's impressive Dave, didn't know they had the
test in braille back then. cool. I hear you about the
newer hams, we need more interest, not less! And the
bad apples everybody's been talking about for the past
2 decades, well some of them were old style 20wpm
extras, lol. And lots of them have an out let in the
land of flame wars here on the net anyway. A friend of
mine back in A z, who's a uncoded tech, has been
telling me he's even gone back to 11 meters, because
most of the whackos are gone. Isn't that something!
They're all yucking it up in chat rooms I guess.
--- Dave Hillebrandt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> i also found the advanced to be much more difficult
> than the others. infact,
> it was the only test that i actually failed the
> first time i took it. Seond
> time i was extremely well prepared but not being
> into the theory side too
> much anyway, i found it really strong on theory and
> more math where extra
> had some of that but a lot of rues and regs which i
> think are really more
> important anyway. i have no problem with some of the
> restructuring of
> license, mostly because have met many people who are
> good hams that may not
> have gotten into it if things were different but
> definitely more difficult
> back when i had to go 85 miles to take the general.
> The FCC actually did
> have the test in braille though so have to give them
> credit for that and
> this was backin in 1974. Dave W4CI
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "shawn klein" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 4:54 PM
> Subject: Re: morse code
>
>
> > When I took advanced in 93, and extra in 94 I
> remember
> > the advanced was the hardest, and everybody else
> said
> > so too.
> > Bet lots of folks are glad there's no more
> advanced
> > --- [log in to unmask] wrote:
> > > The written for the Extra is definitely harder
> than
> > > the other exams as well as a
> > > little longer. Coming from a college
> environment
> > > the test wasn't too bad but
> > > I'm used to taking tests. The math is a bit of
> a
> > > killer unless you're really
> > > good with it. However, with the multiple guess
> > > format and no loss for guessing
> > > its not bad at all. Personally I think working
> on
> > > it while you're still wired
> > > from the General would be the easiest way to do
> it.
> > > The General is really not
> > > too much more difficult than the Tec although it
> > > does cover some more technical
> > > material.
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> > >
> > > Tom Brennan KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
> > > web page
> > http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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