[Boatanchors] Upgrade question

[Bob Macklin]

A comment was made about how much more difficult the 1960 era General exam
was than today's Extra exam.

I would like to add a comment that in the 1960 era the CW exam was also more
difficult than the recent CW exam. In 1960 the CW exam consisted of 5
character groups where the characters were random rather than the text most
recently used.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa,
"Real Radios Glow in the Dark"


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Liette" <aliette at embarqmail.com>
To: "Gary" <xfrmrs at roadrunner.com>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Upgrade question


> I am one who's proud to finally have my Extra ticket, but not so proud on
> the requirement. I am a firm believer that at least the 5 wpm should have
> been kept for General and Extra. This would have made it so you would have
> to prove how badly you wanted the VE status.
>
> Adam, N8YD
> W8DCA ARES EC
> W8UMD President & Volunteer Examiner
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gary" <xfrmrs at roadrunner.com>
> To: "Boatanchors list" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 12:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Upgrade question
>
>
> >I may be sticking my neck out here but the EXTRA exam is a joke.
> > Gary...WZ1M
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Bob Macklin" <macklinbob at msn.com>
> > To: <gzook at yahoo.com>; "Boatanchors list" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>;
> > "DW
> > Holtman" <tubestuff at comcast.net>; <k0occ at comcast.net>
> > Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 11:53 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Upgrade question
> >
> >
> > In my case I tried the practice exams for a couple of days and concluded
I
> > already knew about 80% of the answers.
> >
> > After getting pushed a bit I took the Extra exam just to see how I could
> > do.
> > I got 80% correct the first time. The examiner asked if I wanted to try
> > again? LOL! 80% was good enough for me!
> >
> > Bob Macklin
> > K5MYJ
> > Seattle, Wa,
> > "Real Radios Glow in the Dark"
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Glen Zook" <gzook at yahoo.com>
> > To: "Boatanchors list" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; "DW Holtman"
> > <tubestuff at comcast.net>; <k0occ at comcast.net>
> > Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 8:48 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Upgrade question
> >
> >
> >> The Amateur Extra Class examination these days is second only to the
> > Novice Class examination that I took in February of 1959 in being easy.
> > The
> > Advanced Class that I took in 1968 was harder.  But, the General Class
> > examination that I took in October 1959 was, by far, the hardest.  There
> > were very few "multiple guess" questions but there were all sorts of
"fill
> > in the blank", draw schematics, and calculate the correct answer (and
you
> > had to "show your work" on scratch paper provided).
> >>
> >> The commercial radiotelephone exam I took in August 1962 was on par
with
> > the General Class exam.  Well, the "2nd phone" portion was, the "1st
> > phone"
> > was a breeze!
> >>
> >> Also, today the pool questions show the correct answer and every one of
> > the "wrong" answers.  The exact same "wrong" answers have to be on the
> > examination worded EXACTLY the same as in the pool.  The only thing that
> > can
> > be changed is the order in which they are presented on the examination.
> >>
> >> Also, you can completely ignore any calculations because there will be
> > only 2 or 3 on the exam and you can miss them and still get a 94 on the
> > test
> > (76 is passing).  By taking the practice examinations (like on QRZ.com)
> > one
> > automatically learns the correct answer without a conscious effort.
> > Within
> > 1 or 2 days of taking the practice examinations for about an hour per
day
> > virtually everyone can pass the Amateur Extra examination with flying
> > colors.
> >>
> >> Glen, K9STH
> >>
> >> Website:  http://k9sth.com
> >>
> >>
> >> --- On Fri, 9/12/08, k0occ at comcast.net <k0occ at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> From: k0occ at comcast.net <k0occ at comcast.net>
> >>
> >> The Extra test that I took this year is  way, way, way easier than the
> > Advanced test I took in 1968. Not only is it easier, the study materials
> > that are available now are much better than they were in 1968.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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