I only really remember having to deal with diagrams
through general, can't recall any in advanced or extra
when I took them, so I guess that's what they did.

--- Brent Harding <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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
> >





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