[CW] Novice Bands are still there

[John Geiger]

Yes and I bashed my way to extra.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Makoski W2LJ" <Makos327 at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Alan W." <n5lf at qsl.net>
Cc: <cw at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: [CW] Novice Bands are still there


> Alan W. wrote:.
> 
> >
> > When I went for my General at the age of 19, I didn't question the 
> > requirements.  I just told myself that if I wanted the General class 
> > privileges, that's what I had to do.  And I had to learn the General 
> > material too because that was the foundation of knowledge that all 
> > hams need to have to be a General class.
> >
> > I rose to the occasion and learned the stuff.  But then again, I never 
> > had any sympathy for folks that asked me, "Is that going to be on the 
> > test?" as if that was the only reason to learn something.  That's the 
> > mentality that has prevailed in the NPRM.
> >
> > dit dit
> >
> > Alan
> >
> I preferred the days when you had a study manual and just tried to learn 
> it and understand it the best you could; with only a very vague idea as 
> to what the questions would be.  I'm not saying we should go back to the 
> days of drawing schematics or anything like that; but it would be nice 
> if new candidates would not be able to know EXACTLY what the test was 
> going to be.
> 
> Anybody remember the days of the Dick Bash books? 
> 
> 73 de Larry W2LJ
> 
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