I am so glad that a panel of exam experts is on the list. I struggled to understand enough of the electronics to pass the general exam. The math and theory are latin to me. I can teach the technician exam, and have on occasion. Extra however is a whole different world to me. Who would like to be my elmer on this? Thanks. Todd.
-----Original Message----- From: Bernie Doran <qedconsulta...@embarqmail.com> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 4:10 PM To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Extra Class License 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 [The entire original message is not included] ______________________________________________________________ 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
