[GreenKeys] Ham testing

[Ron Kolarik]

Good going on the license Gil! It's too late, you're doomed now:)

On the TTY suffix, you're in the 7th call area I think and KC7TTY
is available if you don't mind a 2x3 call. You can try here to see
if something else might work  http://www.radioqth.net/  The other good
site for vanity calls is now closed, Vanity HQ, he did a wonderful job
for a long time. If it were me I would wait and see what the FCC assigns,
as long as it's not something nasty like JX in the suffix you may like it.
My call is a vanity call and I gave up a shorter call to avoid confusion
in contests, was N0IDT now K0IDT. There is an N0IBT that plays RTTY
and he's close enough we can't hear each other most times, leads to
some interesting repeats. Also my call has a very distinct rythm in cw,
easy to send and copy.

73,
Ron
K0IDT

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: gil at baudot.net 
  To: aaa-greenkeys 
  Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 10:03 PM
  Subject: [GreenKeys] Ham testing


  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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