Oh yes, Mr. Cotton!You had him too? I had him in Columbus, Ohio once. As I 
left where the exams were givin, I said to myself, "if I never see you 
again, it'll be too soon. I wonder if that sour apple is still alive!

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ronald E. Milliman
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 12:57 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: I passed!

Re the current FCC ham exams...

The exams that are given today are quite different from the ones that I
took, and frankly, the once today I would find a bit challenging without
doing a fair amount of preparation, but I suspect the ones some of us old
timers took, many of you younger hams would find pretty challenging too.

All of the exams I took had diagrams or schematics on them. I remember
trying to describe to the FCC Examiner in the Detroit office, circuits in
sufficient detail that he could draw them out for me, and that was one hell
of a challenge. When I took my Advanced and Extra exams, my objective was
to do so well on the other questions that I could just skip the diagrams
and still pass. Fortunately, that strategy worked. I passed the 20 wpm code
test, but I sure wouldn't want to take it today! At one time, many years
ago, I could copy around 35 WPM, but today, I'd be lucky to copy 10 or 15
WPM. <lol>

I sure think the flexibility in taking the FCC ham exams that exists today
is a huge improvement. Since I lived within 75 miles of the nearest FCC
field office, I was required to take my exams at the field office. The
first time I took my own reader, but the FCC Engineer in Charge wouldn't
let me take the exam with my own reader; he made me take the exam with one
of the FCC people that were there. Nobody liked that FCC Engineer in Charge
of the Detroit office. I'll never ever forget his name which was Mr.
Cotton. He was one of those people that if he even smiled, his whole face
would probably shatter! <lol>

Ron, K8HSY



At 01:51 PM 6/3/2013 -0400, Zach Shifflett wrote:
>Nothing oo awful surprising, though there were more questions about
>electronic components than I thought there would be.  I don't have a
>background in electronics, or electrical engineering, so those were
>the questions I found most challenging.
>Zach
>
>On 6/3/13, Harvey Heagy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Congrats Zach.  Glad you passed.  I remember how I felt when I got my 
>> first
>>
>> license in 1984.  I'm sure you will enjoy the hobby.  73.
>> Harvey
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Zach Shifflett" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2013 11:51 PM
>> Subject: I passed!
>>
>>
>>> Hey all,
>>> Just wanted to drop the list a line and let everybody know I passed my
>>> exam!  Thanks for all the great suggestions from this list, I had a
>>> great experience.
>>> I called the veq ahead of time and had him get a diagram free exam.
>>> He and the rest of the veqs were great, and it was a really cool
>>> experience.  I got to go hang out at the club's shack, and my y/l and
>>> I met some interesting folks.
>>> I'll let the list know when I get my call sign, and hopefully I'll see
>>> some of you guys on the air soon!
>>> Zach
>>
>
Dr. Ronald E. Milliman, retired Professor Western Kentucky University
Ph: 270-782-9325
Email: [log in to unmask]

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