[QCWA] [QCWA Hotlist] KK4ORG

[Don Tucker]

I have to give a 'hats off' to these/those who are able to obtain an amateur 
radio license at such a young age. My only concern is the depth of 
understanding of any technical content at that age vs having some good 
memory chips in the brain oriented around the sample test questions. And I 
don't mean to take anything away from all the young men and women who have 
the patience and fortitude to forge forward and take the test. The effort 
and the result should be applauded. We need new blood to keep this service 
alive and growing.

I do remember that I didn't have any sample test questions to work with, 
only a general outline of what I should know and understand (technical and 
regulatory) when I went for and passed my Novice test in '54. The Hartley 
and Colpitts oscillator circuits and the subtle differences between them, 
and the ability to draw them out on paper, along with a whole lot of other 
technical data I had to understand in order to answer the questions are 
still burned into my memory chips. And, all while sitting in the FCC 
Portland office with the Examiner watching from the corner desk. Of course 
there was also the euphoria after successfully passing the code test.

While giving kudos to the kids, let's not forget to clearly recognize the 
effort of the mentors, the teachers, the parents, anyone who kept the flame 
burning in these youngsters such that they would stay the course. My 
recollection of raising kids was that in the subteens kids seemed to wander 
around a lot and it took constant corraling to keep them on a particular 
path.

Last, a question to those on this site. I've finally decided to develop a 
webpage but am grossly unintelligent about HTML (and not really eager to 
learn). Any suggestions to some good (and please, simple) programs that are 
real WYSIWYG on the market today?


Don W7WLL


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray, K9DUR" <k9dur at rnacs.com>
To: "'Bob Roske'" <broske at hutchtel.net>; "'QCWA - Reflector'" 
<qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: [QCWA] [QCWA Hotlist] KK4ORG


Bob,

In 2001 Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, became the youngest ever QCWA member (#30718) at
29 (the year he turned 30).  He passed his Novice at 5, Technician at 6,
General at 7, Advanced at 9, & Extra at 18.  At the time he took the tests,
he was the youngest to pass the Novice, General, & Advanced tests.

73, Ray, K9DUR
http://k9dur.info


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