[GreenKeys] Ham testing

[Paul Heller]

Wow. All the way to extra in one day. That is impressive. 

Congratulations.

Paul
W2TTY
On Nov 18, 2013, at 9:35 PM, Paul Heller <paulsheller at comcast.net> wrote:

> Wow. All the way to extra in one day. That is impressive. 
> 
> Congratulations.
> 
> Paul
> W2TTY
> On Nov 18, 2013, at 9:03 PM, gil at baudot.net wrote:
> 
>> Hey folks:
>> 
>> Well I have been running through practice exams on qrz.com for the technician test for the last few days, and I went through some of the general tests as well, just to see what was involved.  Since I didn't have a callsign, I had to enter something for the qrz website.  I put in GILTTY (and later realized it said "guilty").
>> 
>> Anyway, the tech practice didn't seem too bad, but the general had a lot of questions that were just sheer memorization (this freq, that bandwidth, this rule, etc).  I was bumming out that I would likely not remember all the details.  That, and the fact that I hadn't taken any test in 30 years made me a bit apprehensive.
>> 
>> But the tech test went pretty well -- got 100%.  I thought I'd try the general.  I got 100% on that one too.  The guy that graded my test said I should try the extra.  I told him that I had not practiced for it or even peeked at any questions.  A couple of grumpier VE guys didn't think that would be a good idea.  I took their disdain as a personal challenge and took the extra test anyway.
>> 
>> Sadly, I didn't do as well on the extra.  I only got 86% -- but they said that was good enough.  So I guess I am an extra now (or in a week or so when it becomes official).
>> 
>> A big thanks to everyone who has answered all my silly questions over the years, and helped my understand the ham side of things.
>> 
>> So how did you guys get a ...TTY callsign?  I want one too.
>> 
>> gil
>> 
>> 
>> gil smith
>> greenkeys moderator
>> gil at baudot.net
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