Hi Tom: I respectful have to disagree with you. the extra that I passed was far simpler that the general examination that I took in 1954. for that test one had to correctly draw circuits, my test required a Hartley oscillator and a neutralized push pull triode amplifier and I believe a few others. I took a first phone the same year and found it to be about the same as the extra of those days. I never took the twenty WPM as the best I could copy was about 22 and I figuired that was not enough of a buffer, plus the bands were the same for extra and general at that time. I would like to hear comments from others that took the general/extra back in the 50s and see what they thought, I guess the best thing would be track down an old license manual. 73 Bernie
----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas F. Giella NZ4O" <n...@tampabay.rr.com> To: "AM ra...@qth.net" <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 2:50 PM Subject: [AMRadio] Extra Class License > Bernie Said: > .....And yes, I know this has been brought up before, and yes I know there > are generals, not > an excuse for most, a few hours with the license manual and you are an > extra. I talked with a 13 year girl a while back that was an extra!!..... > > NZ4O Says: > It really get's old hearing the Extra Class license denigrated on this > email > list. I have a BS in Meteorology, an MS in Space Plasma Physics and an > above > average IQ but could not memorize all of the answers to all of the > questions > in the current Extra Class license question pool. I had to study and > understand the material over a period of a few months to pass the test on > the first try. > > 99.9% of the people that denigrate the current Extra Class question pool > as > being so easy that the answers to the questions can be memorized in short > order, CAN NOT ACCOMPLISH THAT FEAT. Since the Morse code requirement was > reduced to 5 wpm and then ultimately to zilch (which I did not agree with) > the question pools have been toughened. > > The average Extra Class ham that passed the written rest 10-20 years ago > could not pass the current exam without real study. > > 73 & GUD DX, > Thomas F. Giella, NZ4O > Lakeland, FL, USA > n...@arrl.net > > LF/MF/HF/VHF/UHF Frequency Radiowave Propagation Email Reflector: > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/spaceweather > NZ4O Daily Solar Space Weather & Geomagnetic Data Archive: > http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o1.htm > NZ4O Daily LF/MF/HF/6M Frequency Radiowave Propagation Forecast & Archive: > http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o3.htm > NZ4O 160 Meter Radio Propagation Theory Notes: > http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o5.htm > NZ4O Solar Space Weather & Geomagnetic Data In Graphic & Image Format: > http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o2.htm > NZ4O Solar Cycle 24 Forecast Discussion & Archive: > http://www.wcflunatall.com/nz4o4.htm > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.113/2397 - Release Date: 09/26/09 17:51:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
