PHIL...I made a mistake it is HAM TEST ON LINE....All the old farts do it...This will get you through the test won't learn anything but you will pass the test in no time..
Bob W1PE -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Peters Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 2:09 PM To: 'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service' Subject: RE: [AMRadio] License Classes, Dumbing Down, etc. Awwww Come on Phil... That is a copout... I know you to well that what you put your mind to do you do and do it well...All you need to do is start taking an on line test deal and do it and do it and you will pass it.. HAM RADIO ON LINE... Costs about $50 and you will have your Xtra in no time flat... And I approved this ADD LOL Bob W1PE -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil LaMarche Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 1:33 PM To: 'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service' Subject: RE: [AMRadio] License Classes, Dumbing Down, etc. All of these upgrade stories are fun to read. I've been licensed 60 years and am a general as well as the same call sign. Retired in 2002. A couple of years ago, a wonderful AM group got on 3870 every Sunday and it was so joyful. Sometime 20 stations. When the band changes came into effect, the majority of them moved down the band leaving just a few of us and that slowly went away. I understand why they did it with the QRM etc but as a result, I have sold all my heavy metal stuff. No need in having all that money and no use. Getting back on in smaller fashion. I now have a Ranger II that drives a restored Loudenboomer amplifier and a R388 Collins that Chuck Felton hot rodded. I tried to upgrade and found out my 70 year old brain wasn't as good as it once was. Studied for months learning each section and then forgetting each as I went to the next. So, I'll be a general and still love every minute of it. Life is what you make it and I'll take advantage of what I have and not worry about what I don't. I'll be on in a couple of weeks and will find you on 40. Phil Philip LaMarche LaMarche Enterprises, Inc. www.instantgourmetspices.com www.w9dvm.com 800-395-7795 pin 02 727-944-3226 FAX 727-937-8834 NASFT 30210 W9DVM -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of rbethman Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 2:03 PM To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service Subject: Re: [AMRadio] License Classes, Dumbing Down, etc. Mike and the Group, During the period when you went to the FCC in 1969, and your Novice in 1968, I was plodding through rice paddies. Uncle Sam took first obligations unntil I got to settle down for awhile and go to the Atlanta Office in 1980. Initially I was KA4PBD. I mis-checked a box on the OLD FCC 610 in 1982, resulting in the Current N0DGN. I stayed a Direct uniformed Uncle Sam Employee until late 1988. I became employed as a DoE and a DoD contractor until 2002. During BOTH periods I used to spend 3, 6, and 9 months a year in varied places around the world. Excuses? No. Facts of ONE individual. Individuals are inherently DIFFERENT. I've got NO regrets, including being married for 38 years and two youngsters. Finally in 2003 I was blessed with a $250K miracle granddaughter. She spent four months in the NICU being born at the "hefty" weight of 1 LB 14 oz. IF and when I CAN manage to upgrade, I will. In the meantime I'll continue as a General class. I went AM in 1980n with an HT-37 w/SX-101A, and a homebrew pair of 813s. Yep, ran sideband and nets. Held multiple MARS calls. Bob - N0DGN Michael D. Harmon wrote: > I'm a newcomer to the AM group, but not to ham radio. I first became > interested in ham radio back in 1962, when I was a mere kid of 13. My > dad had an old Crosley multi-band table radio, to which I hooked a > piece of doorbell wire going out the window and over to a tree in our > backyard. I'd listen to all the AM ops, but couldn't understand why > some of the stations sounded like Donald Duck and were totally > unintelligible. I remember a guy named Conrad, W4EBG in Paducah KY > constantly grousing about the "sideband scum" on "his" frequency. > Finally I realized that my Disney stations were the source of his > disgust. > > In 1969 I was in electronics classes and made the trip to the Kansas > City FCC office where I passed my tests for First Phone and Ship > Radar. I got my Novice in 1968, my Tech in 1973, my Advanced in 1987, > and my Extra in 2000. I never liked my old Novice call (WN0WML). It > was laborious to send on CW and a tongue twister on SSB. My Tech call > was WB0LDJ, and it wasn't too bad on CW (kinda had a nice rhythm to > it) and was much better on voice (although other stations are always > getting it confused with that former president from Texas). > > I briefly considered changing to an Extra call when I passed the test, > but decided that none of my friends would recognize me on the air, and > I wasn't interested in trying to impress anyone. I've had LDJ now for > 35 years, and I guess I'll keep it. I chuckle sometimes at the CB-ers > who upgrade and get an Extra call right off the bat, but I don't hold > it against them. I sort of compare them to my 36-year old > stepdaughter who funds her "keep-up-with-all-the-yuppie-friends" > lifestyle with multiple maxed-out credit cards. The way I look at it > is that the newcomers are going to be the future of ham radio, whether > we oldtimers like it or not, and if not for them, I'm afraid all the > commercial interests and spectrum auctions will eventually take over > our bands. 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