wrote:

How do you search the call sign directory -- is it set up by city -
name - ??

Go to www.qrz.com click on "name search". It's really a free form text
search, so you can enter "smith" or "philadelphia" or 90210.

Be careful with place names like "Beverly Hills". It's and OR search,
so you get hams from Beverly Hills, and hams named Beverly or Hills,
and hams whose street or city names include Beverly or Hills.

If you are looking for a name, it may take some work. For example,
"joe walsh" does not find the famous one, "joseph walsh" does.

73,

Geoff.

--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM
IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838
The trouble with being a futurist is that when people get around to believing
you, it's too late. We lost. Google 2,000,000:Hams 0.

wrote:

Yes, Ace you're very astute. However, I did just walk into the meeting
- a month before I took the test. So, while I have been introduced to
a few people at the meeting, I don't really know any very well. And
besides, one can never be too informed.

You never did say where you lived. If you lived in a big city, it's likely
that you did meet the hams at the test beforehand. If you lived in a
rural area, you might have come from a relativly long distance.

For example, If I have to take a test to upgrade to Extra, the nearest
place I can go is Kuwait. The Israeli government specificly asked the VECs
to not test here.

Geoff.


--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM
IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838
The trouble with being a futurist is that when people get around to believing
you, it's too late. We lost. Google 2,000,000:Hams 0.

wrote:
Maybe each State's Department of Motor Vehicles should do away with
requiring people to get Drivers Licenses too.Judging from the way some
people around here drive,running red lights and stop signs and failing
to yield the right of way and speeding and doing everything they are not
suppose to do,,, they might as well.Operating a motor vehicle on public
roads is not a Right,it is a Privaledge.It should be the same way with
Ham Radio Operators too.
cuhulin

The question isn't whether a test should be applied, but what questions
should be asked in the test. Or said another way what questions if
answered correctly will give some indication that the test taker
understands concepts like safe, efficient and courteous operation of
the equipment.

If we were to test prospective hams on their ability to safely set up a
rig and antenna for transmission and combine that with written
questions about radio theory that would provide some level of assurance
the guy wouldn't fry himself or cause interference to neighbors. If we
also required prospective hams to be observed in actual operation of
the radio we could test somewhat for their ability to conduct courteous
and efficient communication in the most commonly used mode - voice.

Requiring that a test taker be able to translate dits and dahs into
letters is only proof that the prospective ham has some command of a
little used language - morse code. It does nothing to show that the
prospective ham can operate a station effectively, safely and
courteously. It is akin to requiring that prospective drivers also be
able to use a buggy whip.

If I get my one finger huntin n peckin in high gear on this hear cute
little wireless battery powered keyboard,I can easily (and most times I
do) type more than five words per minute.I know,I know,it isn't the same
as learning Morse Code,but if I want to talk to Ham Radio Operators on a
Ham Radio,I wont gripe about learning some Morse Code.
cuhulin

"John S." wrote:

wrote:
Maybe each State's Department of Motor Vehicles should do away with
requiring people to get Drivers Licenses too.Judging from the way some
people around here drive,running red lights and stop signs and failing
to yield the right of way and speeding and doing everything they are not
suppose to do,,, they might as well.Operating a motor vehicle on public
roads is not a Right,it is a Privaledge.It should be the same way with
Ham Radio Operators too.
cuhulin

Requiring that a test taker be able to translate dits and dahs into
letters is only proof that the prospective ham has some command of a
little used language - morse code. It does nothing to show that the
prospective ham can operate a station effectively, safely and
courteously. It is akin to requiring that prospective drivers also be
able to use a buggy whip.

Same old tired excuse thrown out by those who are too lazy and unwilling to
learn.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

unless of course you are hearing impaired and now have to learn Morse
Code plus follow the blinking light to take the test.!!!!!!

dxAce wrote:
"John S." wrote:

cut
Requiring that a test taker be able to translate dits and dahs into
letters is only proof that the prospective ham has some command of a
little used language - morse code. It does nothing to show that the
prospective ham can operate a station effectively, safely and
courteously. It is akin to requiring that prospective drivers also be
able to use a buggy whip.

Same old tired excuse thrown out by those who are too lazy and unwilling to
learn.

nah your post was the same tired chestnut of a hypocrtie that is more
in frat boy stuff than radio

dxAce
Michigan
USA

an old friend wrote:
dxAce wrote:
"John S." wrote:

cut
Requiring that a test taker be able to translate dits and dahs into
letters is only proof that the prospective ham has some command of a
little used language - morse code. It does nothing to show that the
prospective ham can operate a station effectively, safely and
courteously. It is akin to requiring that prospective drivers also be
able to use a buggy whip.

Same old tired excuse thrown out by those who are too lazy and unwilling to
learn.

nah your post was the same tired chestnut of a hypocrtie

What in the world is a "chestnut of a hypocrtie"

that is more
in frat boy stuff than radio

And what is "frat boy stuff".

Typical DXACE nonsense....

I just now let out a new toot,that wasen't tired at the time.What's with
the blinking light?
cuhulin

an old friend wrote:

dxAce wrote:
"John S." wrote:

cut
Requiring that a test taker be able to translate dits and dahs into
letters is only proof that the prospective ham has some command of a
little used language - morse code. It does nothing to show that the
prospective ham can operate a station effectively, safely and
courteously. It is akin to requiring that prospective drivers also be
able to use a buggy whip.

Same old tired excuse thrown out by those who are too lazy and unwilling to
learn.

nah your post was the same tired chestnut of a hypocrtie that is more
in frat boy stuff than radio

Probably more 'into' radio than you are, 'tard boy!

LMFAO at the lazy brain stem yet again.

dxAce
Michigan
USA