On 8/26/2013 5:26 AM, Stephen Thomas Cole wrote:
Wymsey wrote:
On Sun, 25 Aug 2013 10:57:47 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote:

ROFLMAO. I would have loved to see that!

You should know that nearly everyone in ukra has a colourful past, some
more recent than others, some abusive, some not, as you will see if you
check out the postings of the person you are replying to.

More laughing guarranteed.


Indeed. The pirate 2E0WYM here, for example, is masquerading as a full
licensee, having avoided training to the correct standard by fortuitously
"finding" and cashing in an allegedly 40 year old RAE pass certificate to
dodge the current, rigorous Full Licence exam.


Hmmm, I don't know about over there, but here in the U.S., the tests
were MUCH harder 42 years ago when I passed my Amateur Extra exam.
Tests were administered by FCC personnel, not volunteer examiners. The
question pool was not published, and you had to actually know and
understand electronics and the laws to pass it. In fact, I found the
Amateur Extra to be harder than either the Second or First Class
Radiotelephone (commercial) test i had passed 9 months earlier (back
then you had to have General or above to test for the Amateur Extra).

Nowadays here you can sit in class, memorize the answers and pass all of
the tests before going home for dinner.


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