[Elecraft] Whaddayaknow... passed the Extra

[Jim]

All of this reminds me of one applicant for his amateur license a few years back, a little before the FCC eliminated the CW requirement.  He did pass the Technician test with no problem and could use that license.  He then took and passed the General and the Extra tests.  Both of those he passed.  He still needed the CW element.  He would show up at the test session I helped with each month and try at least three or four times before going home to study some more.  The last time he came to the session, he said that he really had to pass the CW at that session because his 365 day window would expire on Saturday (the test session was on Thursday).  An hour later the VE that administered the CW part of the tests came back in with the new operator and said that we had a new Extra.

73,
Jim KD5VXH


---- JIM DAVIS <nn6ee at astound.net> wrote: 
> On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 16:48:59 -0400
>   KC2UEE <KC2UEE at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi gang,
> > 
> > Just so you all know, I am in the process of learning CW.   Not because I
> > have too as someone else mentioned, but because I want to learn something
> > that I feel is an integral part of the amateur experience.
> > 
> > Hopefully within a few months, I'll be proficient enough to send and copy at
> > 15wpm.  I'm actually learning at 25wpm, but I don't want to burn myself out
> > too quickly.
> > 
> > Interestingly enough, I actually find it easier learning the alphabet for
> > how it sounds as a complete letter, and not as dots and dashes.  Hopefully
> > if I get good enough, I can decipher entire words just by how the string of
> > code sounds instead of listening for each letter and copying that way.
> > 
> > 73,
> > James KC2UEE
> > 
> > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Bruce McLaughlin <bmclaugh at bex.net> wrote:
> > 
> >> Congratulations James on your fine accomplishment.  I hope to find you on
> >> the air one of these days very soon.  Enjoy your new privileges.
> >>
> >> Bruce-W8FU
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> >> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of James Sarte
> >> Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2009 1:59 PM
> >> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> >> Subject: [Elecraft] Whaddayaknow... passed the Extra
> >>
> >> Hello fellow Elecrafters,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Sorry for the OT post here guys, but I just wanted to share with you that I
> >> passed my element 4 exam today with flying colors.  Hope to have my license
> >> info updated on the ULS within a few days!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 73,
> >>
> >> James KC2UEE (soon to be K3JPS)
> >>
> >> ______________________________________________________________
> Too bad James that you did'nt bother to learn "Intl. morse" earlier when you were younger and your
> mind was'nt "MUSH"!!!  Seriously a lot of us had told people time and time again to learn it 
> earlier, but to no avail!  Now all of a sudden you and OTHERS understand about the WORTH of CW!!!
> 
> It's "We told you-so scenario" isn't it???
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jim/nn6ee
> S/N#2406
> 
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