The third form is for 13-14 year old students in New Zealand or third year in high school (Up to 7th form). _________________________________________________________________
Gareth Bennett This e-mail is confidential, if you received this message in error, or you are not the intended recipient, please return it to the sender and destroy any copies. Thank you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Morris WA6ILQ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 12:45 PM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: 440 4 Pole Antenna > > At 12:47 PM 3/27/05, "skipp025" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > How much did an article in 73 mag pay way back > > > then (if you don't mind saying)? > > > >"Chuck Kelsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> answered: > >Boy, I don't remember, but it was not much. Let me put it this way, I never > >had the urge to write another article due to the money. > > Over the years I had 3 different articles published in 73, > plus a couple of other writing assignments. The first article > was three printed pages and needed some serious polishing > and made me $75, and I got smart. I took the first manuscript > and the printed article to my high school english teacher (I was > a sophomore then) and he helped me polish the later articles, > after congratulating me in front of the class (sigh). > Once my articles needed zero editing the payment was $40 per > printed page. And Wayne paid me for a fourth article that was > never printed. > > Wayne's rules on manuscripts included: > 1) the diagrams / schematics / photos were submitted on > individual pages - even if the schematic was of a simple > two-resistor one-transistor inverter, if it was to appear as a > separate diagram then it was submitted as a separate > piece of paper. > 2) The manuscripts were to be double spaced, single sided > typewritten pages. > > Since this was pre-word processor days the average was > four to 4.5 manuscript pages per printed page. > > Mike WA6ILQ > > PS: for our non USA readers, the USA "high school" referrred > to above is grades > 9 through 12. Sophomore is the second year. The "grade > school" is years 1-8. > > I'm curious how that would convert to the AU and UK school > systems... I know they have "forms"... I've seen reference > to "third form"... whatever that is. > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/