[ARC5] An "Extra Class" Question:

[Bill Fuqua]

   I said pre 70s Don't know when they stopped asking questions about plate 
modulations.
Surely none after 70.
There were questions on AM when I took my general in 63.
73
Bill wa4lav


At 04:41 PM 2/9/2013 -0500, Geoff wrote:
>I took my Extra in Boston in the summer of 67 and I dont remember anything 
>involving AM.
>
>Carl
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Fuqua" <wlfuqu00 at uky.edu>
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>Subject: Re: [ARC5] An "Extra Class" Question:
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>
>>   At one time the theory part of the extra class exam was not much 
>> easier ( it was shorter) than the First Class.
>>Anything having to do with modulation transformers had to be maybe 
>>pre-1970's.
>>They did not have published question pools way back but the license 
>>manuals did have examples that were close enough
>>for study.
>>73
>>Bill wa4lav
>>
>>
>>At 07:34 PM 2/8/2013 -0800, john rose wrote:
>>
>>>The question in (ahem, ahem) 'question' sounds more likely to have been 
>>>on the exam for one of the commercial tickets. I studied for the First 
>>>Class ticket and even took the exam. I could have gotten 24 wrong and 
>>>still pass. I got 24 right.
>>>----------------------------------------
>>> > From: neilb at ihug.co.nz
>>> > To: jwiley at gci.net; arc5 at mailman.qth.net
>>> > Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 14:41:50 +1300
>>> > Subject: Re: [ARC5] An "Extra Class" Question:
>>> >
>>> > > I can say with some confidence that this is not a question on a 
>>> US > > ham
>>> > > exam. Neither the current or the previous 2 pools, dating back 
>>> to > > 2004,
>>> > > has such a question. I cannot speak to exams for other countries.
>>> >
>>> > My research indicates that in the US, the Extra Class license was > 
>>> created
>>> > in 1951. The question may go back that far. And the person who asked
>>> > is a US ham.
>>> >
>>> > 73 de Neil ZL1ANM
>>> >
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