Cecil Moore wrote:
K3HVG wrote:
I have to agree.... I am surprised at the wholly naive (and incredibly
basic) questions I get from not a few newly licensed Extras. Of course,
I give the best info I can and try to help. But, I am still surprised
and maybe a bit disappointed.... Hopefully, and with time, they'll
assimilate the requisite knowledge. Dunno... maybe I'm expecting too much?

Maybe you are forgetting the time when you couldn't
tell your posterior from a hole in the ground?
Amateur radio exams are *entrance* exams, not
diplomas.

Right, but the original notion was that someone would get a Novice, operate
for a while, get a General, operate for a while, and gradually work their
way up the ladder while taking an "entrance exam" at each one. This no
longer really happens... we get folks coming in as Generals or Extras.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."