I have one of them little yellow plastic Morse Code cards around here
somewhere and I own a couple of Ham Transceiver Radios too.I will not
use them though unless I first learn Morse Code and get my license
first.
cuhulin

Yep, it pretty much all sucks...

.... only good thing, it beats CW...

John

wrote in message
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I hate telephones,except my old antique telephones which I do not
use.I
am thinking about rigging up my old 1933 Western Electric desk
telephone
so I can use it.But first,I need to find an exterior bell box with
the
bells for it.Cell phones sound like a choked chicken when they
"ring"
Only fools use cell phones.
cuhulin

You point is the current question pool is a lot easier than knowing
methods/terminology/material/concepts which have been
abandoned/changed/re-evaluated?

Really, well that is what I meant too!

ROFLOL!!!

John

"Brenda Ann" wrote in message
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"John Smith" wrote in message
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Brenda:

Have you ever looked at older tests???

Get real!!! Silk covered wire, TRF receivers, phenolic insulators,
regen receivers, coherers, "crystal detectors" and tubes are
already
seen mostly in museums...

Those old tests look difficult because the methods are now
understood
better, are totally out-dated, or the equip no longer used!

Yanno, even the bandwidth/freq allocs have changed and most would
guess wrong on those old questions!!!

ROFLOL!!!

I don't know what tests you are talking about, but I am talking
about
CURRENT QUESTION POOLS.. not stuff from the 40's.

.... even should your personal attack on me be successful, there is the
real issue we are discussing here...

.... get a life, get a brain, you are one champion fool. Not hard to
tell you are a canook! (oh, was that a personal attack I just did?
grin)

John

wrote in message
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And the sum of your combined,,,,,,,,,
cuhulin

You got that right about the driving test.I believe I am the only one
here in Jackson,Mississippi (metro area population of about 458,000) who
actually knows how to drive.Hey,since I first started driving in 1957,no
accidents yet.A few tickets though for parking by a doggy pee
hydrant,speeding and crossing a yellow line which shouldn't have been
there in the first place.The nut behind the wheel.
cuhulin

"John Smith" wrote in message
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You point is the current question pool is a lot easier than knowing
methods/terminology/material/concepts which have been
abandoned/changed/re-evaluated?

Really, well that is what I meant too!

ROFLOL!!!

John

No. My point is that nobody needs to know ANYTHING to get an amateur radio
license, because all the questions in the FCC question pool are published
for anyone that wants to look for them. I don't know about where you grew
up, but when and where I grew up, this was commonly referred to as cheating,
and used to result in a failing grade. The fact is, most current 'appliance
operators' don't know anything about the equipment, modes, propogation, or
operational/electronics theory behind the equipment they are using. And the
aforementioned knowledge is part of the point behind amateur radio. Hams are
not inventing anything new.. manufacturers are.

A few years ago,old man Charles McKitchuen had a Russian ship radio and
an English radio for sale.Both shortwave radios.$50.00 for the russky
radio and $35.00 for the limeyland radio,he was asking.I kick myself
everyday for not buying those old radios.I am going to phone that old
coot in a couple of hours and see if he has come up with something I
need to buy.Radios,computer stuff,stuff like that.
cuhulin

A few years ago,one night,an 18 wheeler dude out on I-20 about two miles
from me said he was talking to a guy in New Zealand on his CB radio.I
think he said he had either a six hundred watt or eight hundred watt
amplifier hooked up to his CB radio.
cuhulin

Brenda:

Do you actually think a ham, in his garage, is going to invent a new
type of device, in his garage, which is going to function like a tube
or transistor--now that might be possible--just not very likely.

They (new hams) need to know the band allocations, they need to know
about modern methods of data transmission, data
compaction/encryption--to make real advancements. They need to be
very computer savvy!

Mostly, they need to know how to operate a radio, take a look at the
new ones, with smc components and such, no one is going to be building
much equipment anymore, maybe linears and antennas, but that is about
it.

Even if a ham knows how to build a crystal radio, a trf receiver, a
regen receiver or a QRP transmitter--he darn sure is NOT going to use
it.

The new ham gear will be your computer with a pci receiver board and
xmitter board stuck into it--maybe an external power amp...

Times have changed, the tests are simply changing to reflect those
changes... of course the old timers are having a problem
adapting--read about peoples views and feelings when the automobile
replaced the horse and buggy--took decades and if you read the
articles of the time, was hauntingly familiar!!!

John

"Brenda Ann" wrote in message
...

"John Smith" wrote in message
...
You point is the current question pool is a lot easier than knowing
methods/terminology/material/concepts which have been
abandoned/changed/re-evaluated?

Really, well that is what I meant too!

ROFLOL!!!

John

No. My point is that nobody needs to know ANYTHING to get an amateur
radio
license, because all the questions in the FCC question pool are
published
for anyone that wants to look for them. I don't know about where
you grew
up, but when and where I grew up, this was commonly referred to as
cheating,
and used to result in a failing grade. The fact is, most current
'appliance
operators' don't know anything about the equipment, modes,
propogation, or
operational/electronics theory behind the equipment they are using.
And the
aforementioned knowledge is part of the point behind amateur radio.
Hams are
not inventing anything new.. manufacturers are.

I don't talk on CB radio much,but I like to listen in once in a
while.There is a lady who drives an 18 wheeler between Birmingham and
Dallas and if I happen to be listening to my CB radio when she is
passing through Jackson,she says,Hya Larry! (Hya Mary!)
cuhulin