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January 24th 06, 04:57 PM
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New Technician License
Brian Denley wrote: Brenda Ann wrote: A large number are. What challenge is there to getting a ham license when the test pool questions are available to anyone that wants them, and all they have to do is memorize the answers? I actually had to know something about what I was doing to get my license. I started like most with a Novice ticket and 5WPM code. I taught it to myself by writing a BASIC program to send to myself using my old VIC20 computer. A month later, I got my Tech Plus ticket. I never could work my way up to 14WPM because I have to 'translate' in my head (like I do with all the human languages I have studied), so didn't get my General till April 2000. There was a time (not long ago) when you wouldn't have been allowed near a computer unless you knew 2s complement math and assembly language. Good thing the computer industry didn't follow the radio amateur method or this would be a real quiet newsgroup. not long ago? more than 20 years -- Brian Denley http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html |
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