Text 67134, 47 rader
Skriven 2011-11-24 19:16:00 av Ed Vance (8096.windowsa)
  Kommentar till text 67113 av TOM WALKER (1:123/140)
Ärende: Radio.
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TW>EV>When I was studying to take the Novice test, I used the ARRL License
TW>EV>Manual to learn about Amateur Radio by trying to memorize the answers to
TW>EV>the questions in the book.

TW>EV>I passed it on my first try.   ;-O

TW>I did the same but with different study materials for both my No Code
TW>Tech and General Licences.

Good for You, Tom,

TW>I have the Gorden West Manual and CD fro the Extra test but haven't
TW>opened it yet.
TW>Just to see if I can I will be studying and taking the Extra Test before
TW>the Current Test pool is replaced on 1 July 2012

I hope that You pass the test.

TW>EV>I once tried to upgrade from General to Amateur Extra.
TW>EV>I passed the Code Test but failed the Written Test.

TW>EV>The FCC gave me a Advanced Class license because I passed the Code Test.

TW>You must have taken the General Test back when it was a real Test.
TW>I rembember way back when you had to, from memory, draw schematics of
TW>some basic circuits.

I took the General test in 1958 or 1959.

I can't remember anything about drawing schematics, if I did it had to
be a simple circuit.

IIRC the FCC allowed 12 incorrect answers out of the 50 on the written
test, I think 75% was passing.

So if I skipped drawing a schematic diagram of a circuit and didn't miss
more that 11 others I still would have passed the test.

I think the 13 wpm code test was 65 characters and missing 5 characters
out of the 65 was still passing back then.

WARNING!!!, all of the above is off the top of Ed's Head.   ;-)


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