[Boatanchors] Upgrade question

[Gary]

Lets not forget, way back when "Hector was a pup", you had to show proof, in 
a log how long you were on and also had to have the "general class" for five 
years before you could even take the extra class. Ah yes, the old Hartley 
oscillator drawing, remember it well. Nowa days, ask a newbie if its 
capacitor input filter or choke, they stand there, scratching there head and 
why is that tube called a triode.
Just shooting my mouth of.
Gary...WZ1M
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Macklin" <macklinbob at msn.com>
To: "Adam Liette" <aliette at embarqmail.com>; "Gary" <xfrmrs at roadrunner.com>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Upgrade question


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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