"KØHB" wrote:

I'd agree with that in general principle.
But it strikes me that the ability to
recognize the symbols for various
electronic components in a simple
schmatic and to be able to navigate
an elementary block diagram would
be essential to even the most
elementary troubleshooting and repair
tasks that we'd expect a General class
amateur to be able to accomplish.


How many symbols are there now, Hans? A hundred or more? How much can we
include in the license tests before they become massive in size and
overwhelming in nature? We have to draw a line somewhere on what to include
and I'm satisfied with where that line is drawn now. By the way, the
Technician question pool I studied (July 97 ~ June 01 pool) did include some
simple block diagrams (transmitter and receiver), basic symbols (resisters,
capacitors, and so on), and even a couple of simple schematics. One
certainly couldn't build anything with that, but it was a good introduction.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/