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Old February 24th 07, 12:59 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors,rec.radio.amateur.misc,rec.radio.amateur.policy
Cecil Moore Cecil Moore is offline
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Default Now that CW is gone there will be more ham to non-ham conflicts.

Radiosrfun wrote:
Years ago - when you took the FCC exams, if you didn't
know electronics - either from school OR some decent "Heathkit" Ham Prep
Courses, you were pretty much destined to fail.


When I took the General Class exam in 1953, I didn't
know anything except high school algebra. I *memorized*
the ARRL License Manual in order to pass the exam and
I just *memorized* the new frequency allocations 54
years later. Human memory should not be underestimated.
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com