I am starting to study for my extra ticket as well.  To obtain accessible 
study material I have joined Handihams.  I have attempted to download the 
lectures as well.  I couldn't download them.  I thought there was some kind 
of difficulty with their site as I was able to download other stuff from 
there with no difficulty.

Dave Marthouse N2AAM
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harvey Heagy" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 10:24 AM
Subject: handiham lecture series


> After looking at the weekly electronic update email from Handiham, I again
> tried to obtain the Extra class series of lectures that won't play or
> download.  It would now appear that you must register with Handiham for 
> the
> course you want to take be it Tech, General, Extra, Operating skills Etc. 
> I
> have mixed feelings about this because it is yet another method of someone
> keeping tabs on us and possibly not allowing us to proceed at our own 
> pace.
>
> In 1988, I received a letter from Maurine Pranghoffer then of Handiham
> informing me that because I had made no progress in my studies they were
> dropping me from the Handiham roles, and that if I at some time in the
> future showed a more serious attitude they would consider reinstating me. 
> I
> felt then and still feel now that this is the height of arrogance, but the
> then director took her side.  The thing was that I had received my first
> amateur license 4 years earlier as a result of studying with Hadley School
> for the Blind and sent them a copy of same at which time Sister Albertha
> promptly reinstated me and apologized which I was grateful for.  But this
> new thing may be just another way of keeping tabs on us, and especially 
> the
> math involved in the Extra is math I haven't seen since high school and 
> have
> forgotten most of as I was never that good at that kind of math.  Anyway,
> those are just my thoughts.  73.
> Harvey