TW>EV>I learned about Ham Radio in the Autumn of 1956 and hadn't heard
  >EV>about SSB until a few years later.

TW>I learned about Ham Radio in 1948 while taking a course in High School
  >on "Radio Electricity". Getting a ham licence was an option in the
  >course but while I could pass the Test I could not master CW. I tried
  >several times later i nlife but it just did not clinck with me. Later I
  >learend because of my TITWAL lack of having any rythum sensibilities I
  >might as wel give up which i did. While I did become a NO Code Tech in
  >1992 I wited that long as I was one of those that beleived the NO Code
  >Tech's woudl ruin Radio.
  >In hindsight I think I was right and am sadly disappointed in the
  >Community for cranking out mindless Hams in One day Ham Class
  >sessions. In a 0800 and after 7 hours of reading the questions and
  >answer over and over you are tested. Most pass the test but don't have
  >the Foggiest Idea about what ham radio is all about.

Tom,

I took the Amateur Extra exam sometime around 1997.
There was a FCC Employee giving the tests. iirc

I passed the Code part but flunked the Written part and went up a
Grade from General to Advanced.

I haven't taken a test since then, although I thought about it
recently.

I grabbed a file off ARRL's site about the Amateur Extra test
some months ago even though I knew another series of questions
was going to be issued a few months later.

I did look at it a bit and thought a lot of it was over my head.

Never have got a ROUNDTUIT to grab the newer Question file yet.

Be A Good Lid!   (That's what my friends always told me)


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