[GreenKeys] Ham testing

[Olaf DL8OBH]

Congratulations !!!

Olaf  -  AF0A / DL8OBH

Am 19.11.2013 05:03, schrieb gil at baudot.net:
> Hey folks:
>
> Well I have been running through practice exams on qrz.com 
> <http://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 <mailto:gil at baudot.net>
>
>
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