Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#51
|
|||
|
|||
Dee D. Flint wrote:
"Frank K3EKO" wrote in message news:maKhb.733291$uu5.125006@sccrnsc04... Dee D. Flint wrote: wrote in message news:ucohb.530593$Oz4.412460@rwcrnsc54... MikeB wrote: I am taking the Tech+ test soon and have some equipment-related questions. I know alot about electronics but nothing about amateur radio, nor do I know anyone who does, so I hope this is the best newsgroup for info, if not, let me know which group to ask my questions in! I plan to start off with low-power CW and need to know what equipment I'll need to get started. I searched the archives, but did not get much solid info. I plan on getting a basic "learning transceiver" off eBay to begin with, then after I know what options I need and learn more, I'll get a new one. What features will I need to be able to start to do low-power CW, and is there a preferred brand or model to look for? Thanks, MikeB There is NO Tech Plus test. Only Tech, General and Extra. -Frank However, there is a Tech with HF privileges even though the license only says Technician. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE Yes, prior to restructuring. Frank And after restructuring. Since I am teaching a class, I have read the current FCC rules and the current ARRL "Now You're Talking." Technicians who pass a 5wpm code test get the old Tech+/Novice HF privileges. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE VE for ARRL and W5YI This arguement is pointless. You can't talk to a brick wall. I'm done here. 73 Frank K3EKO |
#52
|
|||
|
|||
"Frank K3EKO" wrote in message news:2kKhb.724195$YN5.646882@sccrnsc01... Dee D. Flint wrote: wrote in message news:jpDhb.535678$cF.207422@rwcrnsc53... MikeB wrote: MikeB wrote: wrote in message There is NO Tech Plus test. Only Tech, General and Extra. -Frank Hmmmm. How about "Technicians with HF" (term is from the ARRL website)? I was trying to say that I was also taking the code test portion also. MikeB There is no Tech with HF. You need a General Class. 73 Frank K3EKO Hmmmmm, the FCC (http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/ama...atorclass.html)says "A Technician Class licensee who also has passed a 5 words-per-minute (wpm) telegraphy examination receives privileges in four long distance shortwave bands in the HF range (3-30 MHz) (Refer to Section 97.301)" Is this incorrect or outdated? As I said before this is all new to me! MikeB Incorrect and Outdated. Prior to the FCC restructuring of the Amateur Bands, Tech Plus's could operate on HF. However, with the new rules in place, you need to be a General class or higher in order to operate on HF. 73 Frank K3EKO WRONG. Go read the rules. Any Tech who passes the 5wpm gets the same HF privileges as the old Tech Plus and Novice classes. I am a VE and also teach license classes for prospective licensees. Just read the latest copy of ARRL's "Now You're Talking" or the Gordon West study guide. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE VE for ARRL and W5YI If you're an authorized VE, they should revoke your VE status for telling NEW Techs that they can operate on HF. Please list the paragraph in Part 97 that states Technicians who pass 5wpm no longer have HF privileges. Paragraph 97.301(e) clearly states they DO have HF privileges in the 10 meter, 15 meter, 40 meter, and 80 meter bands. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE VE for ARRL and W5YI |
#53
|
|||
|
|||
"Frank K3EKO" wrote in message news:2kKhb.724195$YN5.646882@sccrnsc01... Dee D. Flint wrote: wrote in message news:jpDhb.535678$cF.207422@rwcrnsc53... MikeB wrote: MikeB wrote: wrote in message There is NO Tech Plus test. Only Tech, General and Extra. -Frank Hmmmm. How about "Technicians with HF" (term is from the ARRL website)? I was trying to say that I was also taking the code test portion also. MikeB There is no Tech with HF. You need a General Class. 73 Frank K3EKO Hmmmmm, the FCC (http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/ama...atorclass.html)says "A Technician Class licensee who also has passed a 5 words-per-minute (wpm) telegraphy examination receives privileges in four long distance shortwave bands in the HF range (3-30 MHz) (Refer to Section 97.301)" Is this incorrect or outdated? As I said before this is all new to me! MikeB Incorrect and Outdated. Prior to the FCC restructuring of the Amateur Bands, Tech Plus's could operate on HF. However, with the new rules in place, you need to be a General class or higher in order to operate on HF. 73 Frank K3EKO WRONG. Go read the rules. Any Tech who passes the 5wpm gets the same HF privileges as the old Tech Plus and Novice classes. I am a VE and also teach license classes for prospective licensees. Just read the latest copy of ARRL's "Now You're Talking" or the Gordon West study guide. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE VE for ARRL and W5YI If you're an authorized VE, they should revoke your VE status for telling NEW Techs that they can operate on HF. Please list the paragraph in Part 97 that states Technicians who pass 5wpm no longer have HF privileges. Paragraph 97.301(e) clearly states they DO have HF privileges in the 10 meter, 15 meter, 40 meter, and 80 meter bands. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE VE for ARRL and W5YI |
#54
|
|||
|
|||
"Frank K3EKO" wrote in message news:uqKhb.724221$YN5.646872@sccrnsc01... Dee D. Flint wrote: And after restructuring. Since I am teaching a class, I have read the current FCC rules and the current ARRL "Now You're Talking." Technicians who pass a 5wpm code test get the old Tech+/Novice HF privileges. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE VE for ARRL and W5YI This arguement is pointless. You can't talk to a brick wall. I'm done here. 73 Frank K3EKO Paragraph 97.301(e) clearly lists the HF privileges for any Technician who has passed the 5wpm code test. So the brick wall is you and you have yet to state where you get your source of information. It certainly is not the FCC rules. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE VE for ARRL and W5YI |
#55
|
|||
|
|||
"Frank K3EKO" wrote in message news:uqKhb.724221$YN5.646872@sccrnsc01... Dee D. Flint wrote: And after restructuring. Since I am teaching a class, I have read the current FCC rules and the current ARRL "Now You're Talking." Technicians who pass a 5wpm code test get the old Tech+/Novice HF privileges. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE VE for ARRL and W5YI This arguement is pointless. You can't talk to a brick wall. I'm done here. 73 Frank K3EKO Paragraph 97.301(e) clearly lists the HF privileges for any Technician who has passed the 5wpm code test. So the brick wall is you and you have yet to state where you get your source of information. It certainly is not the FCC rules. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE VE for ARRL and W5YI |
#56
|
|||
|
|||
Dee D. Flint wrote:
"Frank K3EKO" wrote in message news:uqKhb.724221$YN5.646872@sccrnsc01... Dee D. Flint wrote: And after restructuring. Since I am teaching a class, I have read the current FCC rules and the current ARRL "Now You're Talking." Technicians who pass a 5wpm code test get the old Tech+/Novice HF privileges. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE VE for ARRL and W5YI This arguement is pointless. You can't talk to a brick wall. I'm done here. 73 Frank K3EKO Paragraph 97.301(e) clearly lists the HF privileges for any Technician who has passed the 5wpm code test. So the brick wall is you and you have yet to state where you get your source of information. It certainly is not the FCC rules. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE VE for ARRL and W5YI This is from the W5YI website. http://www.w5yi.org/AmRadio.htm#TECHNICIAN TECHNICIAN Almost all radioamateurs begin their ham career as a "Tech." The privileges of a Technician Class operator license include operating stations while transmitting on channels in any of 17 frequency bands above 50 MHz with up to 1,500 watts power. It also allows access to the two most popular ham bands, 2 meters and 70 cm ...otherwise known as "450" (MHz.). To pass the Technician Class examination, at least 26 multiple choice questions from a 35 question written examination must be answered correctly. There are a total of 384 possible questions in the pool from which these 35 questions are drawn. All questions in the various question banks are known and widely published. There are no secret questions. The Technician Class is the most popular license with about one-third of all radioamateurs holding this license class. You will find Technician study materials here and here. |
#57
|
|||
|
|||
Dee D. Flint wrote:
"Frank K3EKO" wrote in message news:uqKhb.724221$YN5.646872@sccrnsc01... Dee D. Flint wrote: And after restructuring. Since I am teaching a class, I have read the current FCC rules and the current ARRL "Now You're Talking." Technicians who pass a 5wpm code test get the old Tech+/Novice HF privileges. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE VE for ARRL and W5YI This arguement is pointless. You can't talk to a brick wall. I'm done here. 73 Frank K3EKO Paragraph 97.301(e) clearly lists the HF privileges for any Technician who has passed the 5wpm code test. So the brick wall is you and you have yet to state where you get your source of information. It certainly is not the FCC rules. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE VE for ARRL and W5YI This is from the W5YI website. http://www.w5yi.org/AmRadio.htm#TECHNICIAN TECHNICIAN Almost all radioamateurs begin their ham career as a "Tech." The privileges of a Technician Class operator license include operating stations while transmitting on channels in any of 17 frequency bands above 50 MHz with up to 1,500 watts power. It also allows access to the two most popular ham bands, 2 meters and 70 cm ...otherwise known as "450" (MHz.). To pass the Technician Class examination, at least 26 multiple choice questions from a 35 question written examination must be answered correctly. There are a total of 384 possible questions in the pool from which these 35 questions are drawn. All questions in the various question banks are known and widely published. There are no secret questions. The Technician Class is the most popular license with about one-third of all radioamateurs holding this license class. You will find Technician study materials here and here. |
#58
|
|||
|
|||
Frank K3EKO wrote:
Dee D. Flint wrote: "Frank K3EKO" wrote in message news:uqKhb.724221$YN5.646872@sccrnsc01... Dee D. Flint wrote: And after restructuring. Since I am teaching a class, I have read the current FCC rules and the current ARRL "Now You're Talking." Technicians who pass a 5wpm code test get the old Tech+/Novice HF privileges. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE VE for ARRL and W5YI This arguement is pointless. You can't talk to a brick wall. I'm done here. 73 Frank K3EKO Paragraph 97.301(e) clearly lists the HF privileges for any Technician who has passed the 5wpm code test. So the brick wall is you and you have yet to state where you get your source of information. It certainly is not the FCC rules. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE VE for ARRL and W5YI This is from the W5YI website. http://www.w5yi.org/AmRadio.htm#TECHNICIAN TECHNICIAN Almost all radioamateurs begin their ham career as a "Tech." The privileges of a Technician Class operator license include operating stations while transmitting on channels in any of 17 frequency bands above 50 MHz with up to 1,500 watts power. It also allows access to the two most popular ham bands, 2 meters and 70 cm ...otherwise known as "450" (MHz.). To pass the Technician Class examination, at least 26 multiple choice questions from a 35 question written examination must be answered correctly. There are a total of 384 possible questions in the pool from which these 35 questions are drawn. All questions in the various question banks are known and widely published. There are no secret questions. The Technician Class is the most popular license with about one-third of all radioamateurs holding this license class. You will find Technician study materials here and here. TECH PLUS The next step used to be called the "Technician Plus" class. This level was eliminated as a separate operator class on April 15, 2000 -- but not the privileges. A Technician Class operator who passes the 5 words-per-minute Morse code (Element 1) exam still gets CW (telegraphy) and 10-meter voice privileges in four long distance short-wave bands in the HF range (3-30 MHz), the same as the Tech Plus operator did previously but they do not get issued another license. Their authorization to operate on four CW bands below 30 MHz is conferred by the Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (CSCE) issued by the VE (examining) team. And like the Novice and Advanced Class, operators who held a Tech Plus license on April 15, 2000 may modify their license (change their address, call sign or name) indefinitely. Their new modified Tech Plus license will still show the Tech Plus Class when it arrives. But (unlike Novice and Advanced Class operators) Tech Plus licensees who renew their licenses will be issued a Technician Class license. Again, it still authorizes HF privileges just as the Tech Plus license did previously. Their authorization to operate on four CW bands below 30 MHz and 10-meter voice segment is conferred by the (1.) Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (CSCE) previously issued by the VE (examining) team or (2.) a previous copy of your Tech Plus license. |
#59
|
|||
|
|||
Frank K3EKO wrote:
Dee D. Flint wrote: "Frank K3EKO" wrote in message news:uqKhb.724221$YN5.646872@sccrnsc01... Dee D. Flint wrote: And after restructuring. Since I am teaching a class, I have read the current FCC rules and the current ARRL "Now You're Talking." Technicians who pass a 5wpm code test get the old Tech+/Novice HF privileges. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE VE for ARRL and W5YI This arguement is pointless. You can't talk to a brick wall. I'm done here. 73 Frank K3EKO Paragraph 97.301(e) clearly lists the HF privileges for any Technician who has passed the 5wpm code test. So the brick wall is you and you have yet to state where you get your source of information. It certainly is not the FCC rules. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE VE for ARRL and W5YI This is from the W5YI website. http://www.w5yi.org/AmRadio.htm#TECHNICIAN TECHNICIAN Almost all radioamateurs begin their ham career as a "Tech." The privileges of a Technician Class operator license include operating stations while transmitting on channels in any of 17 frequency bands above 50 MHz with up to 1,500 watts power. It also allows access to the two most popular ham bands, 2 meters and 70 cm ...otherwise known as "450" (MHz.). To pass the Technician Class examination, at least 26 multiple choice questions from a 35 question written examination must be answered correctly. There are a total of 384 possible questions in the pool from which these 35 questions are drawn. All questions in the various question banks are known and widely published. There are no secret questions. The Technician Class is the most popular license with about one-third of all radioamateurs holding this license class. You will find Technician study materials here and here. TECH PLUS The next step used to be called the "Technician Plus" class. This level was eliminated as a separate operator class on April 15, 2000 -- but not the privileges. A Technician Class operator who passes the 5 words-per-minute Morse code (Element 1) exam still gets CW (telegraphy) and 10-meter voice privileges in four long distance short-wave bands in the HF range (3-30 MHz), the same as the Tech Plus operator did previously but they do not get issued another license. Their authorization to operate on four CW bands below 30 MHz is conferred by the Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (CSCE) issued by the VE (examining) team. And like the Novice and Advanced Class, operators who held a Tech Plus license on April 15, 2000 may modify their license (change their address, call sign or name) indefinitely. Their new modified Tech Plus license will still show the Tech Plus Class when it arrives. But (unlike Novice and Advanced Class operators) Tech Plus licensees who renew their licenses will be issued a Technician Class license. Again, it still authorizes HF privileges just as the Tech Plus license did previously. Their authorization to operate on four CW bands below 30 MHz and 10-meter voice segment is conferred by the (1.) Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (CSCE) previously issued by the VE (examining) team or (2.) a previous copy of your Tech Plus license. |
#60
|
|||
|
|||
Frank K3EKO wrote:
Frank K3EKO wrote: Dee D. Flint wrote: "Frank K3EKO" wrote in message news:uqKhb.724221$YN5.646872@sccrnsc01... Dee D. Flint wrote: And after restructuring. Since I am teaching a class, I have read the current FCC rules and the current ARRL "Now You're Talking." Technicians who pass a 5wpm code test get the old Tech+/Novice HF privileges. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE VE for ARRL and W5YI This arguement is pointless. You can't talk to a brick wall. I'm done here. 73 Frank K3EKO Paragraph 97.301(e) clearly lists the HF privileges for any Technician who has passed the 5wpm code test. So the brick wall is you and you have yet to state where you get your source of information. It certainly is not the FCC rules. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE VE for ARRL and W5YI This is from the W5YI website. http://www.w5yi.org/AmRadio.htm#TECHNICIAN TECHNICIAN Almost all radioamateurs begin their ham career as a "Tech." The privileges of a Technician Class operator license include operating stations while transmitting on channels in any of 17 frequency bands above 50 MHz with up to 1,500 watts power. It also allows access to the two most popular ham bands, 2 meters and 70 cm ...otherwise known as "450" (MHz.). To pass the Technician Class examination, at least 26 multiple choice questions from a 35 question written examination must be answered correctly. There are a total of 384 possible questions in the pool from which these 35 questions are drawn. All questions in the various question banks are known and widely published. There are no secret questions. The Technician Class is the most popular license with about one-third of all radioamateurs holding this license class. You will find Technician study materials here and here. TECH PLUS The next step used to be called the "Technician Plus" class. This level was eliminated as a separate operator class on April 15, 2000 -- but not the privileges. A Technician Class operator who passes the 5 words-per-minute Morse code (Element 1) exam still gets CW (telegraphy) and 10-meter voice privileges in four long distance short-wave bands in the HF range (3-30 MHz), the same as the Tech Plus operator did previously but they do not get issued another license. Their authorization to operate on four CW bands below 30 MHz is conferred by the Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (CSCE) issued by the VE (examining) team. And like the Novice and Advanced Class, operators who held a Tech Plus license on April 15, 2000 may modify their license (change their address, call sign or name) indefinitely. Their new modified Tech Plus license will still show the Tech Plus Class when it arrives. But (unlike Novice and Advanced Class operators) Tech Plus licensees who renew their licenses will be issued a Technician Class license. Again, it still authorizes HF privileges just as the Tech Plus license did previously. Their authorization to operate on four CW bands below 30 MHz and 10-meter voice segment is conferred by the (1.) Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination (CSCE) previously issued by the VE (examining) team or (2.) a previous copy of your Tech Plus license. Ok! now how about the radio part of my original question?????? |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
AR88 Restoration project: Some Questions. | Boatanchors | |||
Newbie, UHF antenna for TV questions | Antenna | |||
A newbie with a couple of questions. | Antenna | |||
BEWARE SPENDING TIME ANSWERING QUESTIONS HERE (WAS Electronic Questions) | Antenna | |||
Newbie questions about rf transceivers | Homebrew |