[Boatanchors] Upgrade question

[Sheldon Daitch]

I made a a point or two higher on my Extra exam a few years ago, but as 
you, Bob,
I got spurred as well. 

I'd had a General since, well, nothing to do with Gen Patton being a 
sergeant,
but from the 1960s era, and just never had a real reason to upgrade. I 
wasn't active on
HF, so the extra bandwidth did not excite me.

A friend of mine from work had gotten his, and I figured if he could do 
it, so could I.
That was the spur.

I downloaded the ARRL Q&A pool, went through the pool doing the ones I 
could answer
without doing a lot, then some study on the ones I didn't know, and  a 
passing grade
over in Stafford Co VEC in December a few years back.   I think the Q&A 
pool has
made the testing easier, easier to learn, but perhaps still requires 
some knowledge of
the material, or a great memory.  But still easier than the days when I 
got my
General years back.  (Or maybe I've just learned more!)

73
Sheldon
WA4MZZ

Bob Macklin wrote:
> 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
>   
>