Hi Harvey,

You need to be a member of HandiHams in order to get access to the study 
materials.

I used the Extra class lectures about 3 years ago to prepare for my Extra 
exam and no one at HandiHams ever bothered me to check on my progress, 
however, I did go through the study material and passed the exam in about a 
2 month period.

I seriously doubt that anyone is tracking your progress in order to harass 
you.  If there would be any communications with you, it would most likely be 
to see if you are progressing OK.  HandiHams wants only to see you succeed.

You can join for $12 per year or get a lifetime membership for $120.

You may ask why charge?  It cost money to operate HandiHams, the remote 
stations, produce the study materials, provide the summer camps, pay for the 
website etc.  You can join the ARRL with a lifetime membership for over 
$1000 and you still have to purchase all their publications and they are not 
accessible.  Don't get me wrong, the ARRL is a great organization and 
without them we wouldn't be enjoying the spectrum space and privileges we do 
as the Government would most likely have hacked us up pretty badly by now.

73

Howard #3

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harvey Heagy" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 9:24 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