[KYHAM] interesting numbers

[KG4ERU - Bob Myers]

Hmmm... Being a skilled person doing soldering is not something you can just
pick up. Working for a government contractor, "the bigger the glob the
better the job" philosophy is not the proper way to solder. Soldering is a
specialized skill, just like learning code. With today's radios, nobody
really needs to know how to build, work on or repair them. I think what is
important, however, is that everyone understands what ham operators can and
cannot do, what frequencies they are allowed on... in other words, the
proper rules and etiquette of the service.

BUT... it's a neat idea and I think a lot of people would have fun building
a transmitter or receiver. I know I would. And I think learning about code
and at least getting your feet wet is neat. Even though I can't read much
code, I have picked out letters at times. Kind of gives me a good feeling to
be able to kind of know something.

73
Bob Myers, Jr.
KG4ERU

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Ellington" <N4LQ@igLou.com>
To: <GARSTJOE@aol.com>; <wa4jqs@mikrotec.com>; <kyham@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: [KYHAM] interesting numbers
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THE TEST:
Every prospective amateur should arrive at the testing sight with a small
tool kit consisting of soldering iron, solder, pliers etc.

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Then the applicant would assemble a simple, one transistor, crystal
oscillator using battery power. The kit would consist of only a few parts
and a crystal. This would be included in a small license fee. Less than 20
minutes should be enough time to assemble the kit. There would be no
surprises here. The kit would be widely available to the public so anyone
could practice in advance. No excuses.

The applicant would then be required to connect a telegraph key and transmit
a CW signal across the room into a 40 meter ham band receiver at ANY speed
desired even 1 word per minute.

The administrator would then transmit back to the applicant, using the same
equipment, about 3 words at any speed, over and over again until the
applicant has it written down properly. The applicant would even be allowed
to have a code chart to translate with!

END OF TEST.