[GreenKeys] Ham testing

[Sheldon Daitch]

Gil,

congrats.

Sheldon

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Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 7:04 AM
To: aaa-greenkeys
Subject: [GreenKeys] Ham testing

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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