On Thursday 23 February 2012 01:08:25 am Matthew A. Chambers wrote: > I took my Extra shortly after the FCC dropped the CW requirement as well, > skipped general by taking it and extra test the same time. Having the > extra also helped me get my job in broadcasting and also fast tracked my > CBT cert from SBE too. Having the ham ticket not only says that a person > knows radio but they know how to learn how stuff works!
Since we're doing a little history.... Got a Novice license, basically for kicks. Went some months later, and sat for the General, Advanced, Extra, First Phone, and Second telegraph. Being the unique applicant, I sat for and passed all of the written tests, followed by the code test. Since the Second code qualified for Extra, I only sat through the one code test. As I recall, 25 WPM text, and 20 WPM coded groups. Missed one question on the telegraph theory. I don't remember what question it was, but I do remember explaining to the examiner why my answer on one of the Extra questions was right, and his answer key was wrong. He conceded the amateur question, but I *was* wrong on the one telegraph. Something about electrolyte concentration on an Edison cell, and a Tungar bulb. I'm sure I could not pass today. Much has been forgotten. Only the commercial phone license ever helped me get a job. ( although I had greater pride in the Extra, and still do. At that time, it was mostly a vanity license, and that test was a b&^% ! "Calculate the product of the complex impedances A+jB and X-jY." Not a multiple choice at the time ) -- Cowboy http://cowboy.cwf1.com _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
