My buddies mom drove us to Baltimore in March of 1974 (Just 16 & parents didn't want us driving by ourselves) I remember hearing the 20wpm test before they plugged in the headphones, "...I'm nearly solid at 18wpm, that has to be at least 200..." Fortuantely 13 sounded like 10. We both passed our tests. I remember the woman "drill sergeant" being unimpressed that we both only missed a few questions each. She offered up the advanced test, so we tried. Neither passed, but we were on cloud nine. A year later, my parents let me drive the 100 miles back on my own to take the Advanced test in earnest. I asked my mom to write an excuse for the principal. "Dan wasn't at school because he had butterflies in his stomach" I asked for a more "solid" excuse, but mom refused to lie. The vice principal asked why I had butterflies and I said I was in Baltimore taking a radio licensing exam. He asked if I passed and I said "yes sir". "Great" was the reply and he gave me an excused absence instead of a detention... I took the Extra exam three times before finally passing just before the 20WPM code went away. I missed a total of two test questions on the three attempts, too bad I couldn't have traded some of those correct answers for some more solid CW copy... 73, Dan W6LSN Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 05:21:38 -0600 From: "FireBrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] RE: memory lane To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
vaguely I remember something about a Colpitts Oscillator???? I'm going to have to research as I can't even remember what that is??? lol ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Harlem W1EBI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 10:56 PM Subject: [Dxbase] RE: memory lane > OK, train to Philadelphia in '56 with my mom. I had no trouble with 13 > WPM at age 13, but I think I had to draw a schematic... > > George W1EBI > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Dawson > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 10:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] (no subject) > > Wow, the memories this thread brings back. I remember riding the bus > to downtown St. Louis, them watching the guy try to find 65 correct > letters > in a row in my chicken scratching, fortunately he did find them. > > Jim - K9DD > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Feb 7 12:46:05 2006 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fred Handscombe) Date: Tue Feb 7 12:52:04 2006 Subject: [Dxbase] Special-1 import References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thanks to you all for your help It would be VERY useful to have a reference list somewhere in the DXbase documentation, otherwise I will probably be asking again on another 1 or 2 years! 73 FRed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Fred Handscombe'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'DXBase reflector'" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 3:06 AM Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Special-1 import > DXbase supports special field names of SPEC1 and SPEC2 for ADIF. The > length of both is limited to ten characters. > > Regards, > Jack > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric - VE3GSI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Fred Handscombe'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'DXBase > reflector'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 9:30 PM > Subject: RE: [Dxbase] Special-1 import > > > Hi Fred, > If you want to add something to the Special-1 or -2 you can easily use the > 'Populate Special Field 1' in the Non-DXB Import Utility. > > As far as I know there is not a list of the ADIF fields that DXbase uses, > though I suspect you could export a short file and have a look-see. > Perhaps > someone has a complete list of ADIF fields used by DXB they would be kind > enough to share with us. > > 73 Eric. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Handscombe > Sent: February 6, 2006 2:12 AM > > Hi All > > I think I ask this question very year or so! > > I have an ADIF data file. One field I want to import into Dxbase to go > into > > the "Special-1" column. > > What do I call data this in the ADIF file? > > I have tried Special1 and Special-1 so far > > Can someone point me to the "help" files that lists all the ADIF headings > for the DXbase log columns? I have searched with no luck! > > Thanks > > 73 Fred > > ______________________________________________________________ > Dxbase mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > >
