you don't have those waits anymore.  I've been in ve sessions where people 
have gone from no license to general and I have known people who have gone 
from no license at all to extra in one session. 73- pat kk3f
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 6:24 PM
Subject: Fw: New Extra class operator at our QTH!


>I was wondering how it works now days, As I remember you used to have to
> wait for a year from a novice ticket before you could apply for an Extra.
> That was many years ago however.  73
> Ed   K7UC
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 2:48 PM
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: New Extra class operator at our QTH!
>
>> Hey,  If she wasn't here in Michigan, I'd say that almost sounds like my
>> wife.  She went from nothing to a General, and other than a couple times
>> on
>> 2 meters, she hasn't gotten on the air much.
>>
>> When we lived in Spokane, she had a Qso on 20 meter CW.  When she got 
>> done
>> with this guy somewhere in the Eastern U.S., a guy from Yugoslavia called
>> her, but she was too stressed out to have another QSO.
>>
>> Maybe if that lady works HF and once I get a new HF yagi up, maybe she 
>> and
>> my XYL could work out a schedule.  Hi hi!
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Eric Clegg" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 6:57 PM
>> Subject: Re: New Extra class operator at our QTH!
>>
>>
>>> Hi Al,
>>> Congratulations to  your wife.
>>>
>>> We have one lady here in Sacramento who went from nothing to an Extra
>>> Class
>>> license  why the 20 minute code test was still given.
>>>
>>> She is a really shy person and doesn't get on the air much, however.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> Eric
>>> KU3I
>