[Elecraft] Whaddayaknow... passed the Extra

[WILLIS COOKE]

It was only one year Ron.  And that was before incentive licensing and the Extra Class did not allow any additional privileges over a General Class license

Willis 'Cookie' Cooke 
K5EWJ


--- On Tue, 3/10/09, Ron D'Eau Claire <ron at cobi.biz> wrote:

> From: Ron D'Eau Claire <ron at cobi.biz>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Whaddayaknow... passed the Extra
> To: "'Dale Putnam'" <daleputnam at hotmail.com>, don at w3fpr.com, jwiley at alaska.net
> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 7:54 PM
> Time was one could not even apply for an Extra class license
> until they had
> several years of on-air experience. 
> 
> That's one requirement I'm sorry they dropped. 
> 
> Ron AC7AC
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dale
> Putnam
> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 7:11 PM
> To: don at w3fpr.com; jwiley at alaska.net
> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Whaddayaknow... passed the Extra
> 
> 
> Hi Jim and Don,
> 
>  You hit it on the head Don, and if I may, add a bit... 
> 
> Because the Extra test isn't as techie as it was, it
> isn't held in as high
> esteem as it has. In some circles, the Extra license would
> hold much more,
> than the Commercial First would, in years gone by. I would
> find an Extra in
> the job app stack, and with a couple questions, be able to
> discern if it
> were a memo license, or the real deal...  .. understand
> this was "then"...
> and even now the license on the resume will still retain
> enough interest to
> inspire a question or two from the interviewer, and the
> more time in the
> interview....
> 
> thanks,
> 
> 
> 
> --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy
> 
> 
>  
> 
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