I think at the testing session I went to in 95, (was only 12 then) they
didn't know what to do about the diagram stuff on the technician exam, so
they some how dug up one that just had regular questions. It's flexible that
way, but I got the ticket with only 2 or 3 wrong! I suppose if the arrl has
their way, my general upgrade will be free, although I bet the newer
technician/novice or whatever it ends up being called won't let you get away
from knowing the general theory.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: morse code


> Yeah, that's a good one, Dave.
> The funny story in my exam is that my dad read the textual questions, but
had
> no knowledge of the diagrams.  In the Advanced test, I think, one of the
> assistant engineers came and did the diagram questions.
>
> As he got to one of them, he described the whole diagram which was releant
for
> the next three or four questions.  As he described it, he said we have a
PNP
> transistor and told me how the emitter, base and collector were hooked up.
> When he got to the third question, he said, literally, "Oh shit! I already
> gave you the answer to this...."
>
> The question was "which type of transistor is this?"  To show him I knew
the
> answer, I asked him if the little arrows pointed outward.  So, even though
he
> told me the answer, he knew that I knew how to tell a PNP from an NPN.
>
> Steve,
> K8sp
>