Hello Carolyn. I agree with you on all the stuff they put on the tests now
days but I'm from the old school. I wish they still had the code test also
but try selling that to the new comers hi I got my Extra in the early 60s
when not any advantage then but I thought I could learn a thing or two. 73
Ed K7UC
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From: "Carolyn Johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 3:44 AM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: fcc exams
> Hi,
>
> I took my teck and general with the fcc, then the advanced and extra I
> took
> with examiners. The materials were read to me on tape, and they still had
> the extra code then. I think they still should have the code and elminate
> some of the questions they have for the extra since most people wouldn't
> use
> that theory at all.
>
> Carolyn Kj4vt
>
>
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> From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2011 1:21 PM
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: fcc exams
>
>> Good story Steve.
>> Pat, K9JAUAt 11:56 AM 11/27/2011, you wrote:
>>>I had my Conditional. In 1975, I decided to upgrade.
>>>
>>>My dad and I went to the Detroit office of the FCC. They had a Braille
>>>copy
>>>of the General exam which I took. But, the engineer couldn't find the
>>>scoring key, so he said let's assume you passed. He game my dad the
>>>Advanced test to read to me; and he came in to do the schematic
>>>descriptions. I passed that, so he did the same with the Extra.
>>>
>>>In one of the diagrams, he described it and said there is a PNP
>>>transistor
>>>and he described what it was hooked to. Then, on the third question
>>>asking
>>>about the schematic, he says "Oh Shit! I gave you the answer to this..."
>>>The question was "what kind of transistor is this? To prove to him that
>>>I
>>>would have known, I told him that the arrows pointed inward. I passed
>>>that.
>>>
>>>A couple weeks later, the FCC sent me a letter that I had not passed the
>>>General, but then a couple weeks later, I got another letter which said I
>>>did pass. A couple weeks after that, I got my Extra.
>>>
>>>Steve, K8SP
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