[GreenKeys] Ham testing

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congrats that is  Great Gil!
 
good  going on the  Extra.  
 
it is  rather interesting with the  question pools I know a  lady   over in 
calif. that  got the extra and understands   really nothing  of  it  BUT 
has a photographic memory.  her  retention of  detail and fact is  scary....  
but a  great  asst on SMECC   history projects. 
 
 
In a message dated 11/18/2013 9:03:49 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
gil at baudot.net writes:

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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