On 3/11/10 10:16 , bpnjensen wrote:
On Mar 11, 8:12 am, wrote:
I'm new to these newsgroups and amateur radio. I would like to study
for my ticket but am confused on the dates of the question pools.

In the Mar '09 issue of CQ magazine, an article on A Beginner's Guide
To Becoming a Ham Radio Operator, element 3 dates are given as,
"Element 3 (General) pool between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2011".
Yet, two study guides I've dwnlded (pdf) from the web, both give the
ending year for General as 2010. Which is it? What am I missing?

Another question. Being a big usenet user, but new to amateur radio,
I've been looking at all the groups available. This one appeared to
have the least noise for a general discussion group, so I posted here.
Is this type of question ok, here, or is there a more appropriate
group for rank newbie questions I'm sure to be pestering the ham
community with?

notbob... fearless geezer

Hi, notbob - I am not really up on amateur radio regs just now, but I
can tell you, you've caught this newsgroup at a relatively stable and
noise-free time. It is usually 90% wackos. I would love to see it
stay this way, but no guarantees.

Bruce Jensen




Now, now, Bruce. This group is 85% whackos. Max.

::::now, where's my Transoceanic Telescopic Xenoboom VHF Hat
Detector::::


Oops, hold on...trapezoid on the Pocketscope. Gotta go.