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I just got my technician license a few weeks ago, and I'm studying for the general license right now. While I'm not too crazy about yapping over the airwaves, I like the digital transfer modes that you can play around with. Slow-scan video looks kind of interesting, and packet radio looks like it could be handy in the event that net access gets spotting during the aftermath of an emergency. Is there a good software package for tracking communication satellites? I've heard that you can actually see them (and the ISS, too) with the naked eye if you get a clear night and little light pollution. While the online tests are OK, I much prefer to just go through the entire question pool. That way, you see every question and nothing should come as a surprise. I used the ARRL's study guides for that, since they teach you everything you need to know and refer you to the appropriate questions in the complete question pool that is included in the study guide. Technician guide: ISBN 0872599639 General guide: ISBN 0872599965 Extra guide: ISBN 0872598659 Watch out for that Extra license guide, though. It's old, and the current question pool will expire around 1 July 2008, but the information itself is still valid. Greetings from grid EM90ec.
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nmfree posted:https://www.hamsexy.com is a great repository of "whackers" of all sorts. Some of the things/people that they document is truly astounding. Hamsexy posted:The “official” ARES person, guy, fellow, whatever, immediately jumps into action telling people to back up, that this is a very dangerous situation. I proceeded to inform him that the small piece of debris stuck into the grill of the truck was indeed my vehicle, and I had not recovered all of personal belongings yet. His response was that he was an “official” ARES something or other and that I needed to heed his warnings. Have you ever taken an electronics/computer/math/science class at university and had that one guy in the class? The one that constantly mutters under his breath that he already knows all this stuff and always tries to correct the professor?  It is my suspicion that those are the people that become whackers when they begin to get involved with ham radio. I can understand taking a lot of pride in what you do, but don't demand respect just because you are wearing a funny hat with strobes on it. Yikes.
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Apr 17, 2008 17:57
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bladernr posted:As far as I know, that's accepted practice at all test sites, but YMMV so disclaimer disclaimer disclaimer
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but at the very least, be sure to ask the VEs if that is still allowed.
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My Technician license had long-since expired and been purged from the ULS database. When I was thinking of New Years resolutions around the start of this year, I decided that I should study for another Technician license for some mental exercise and to see how things have changed over the years. Everything came back to me fairly quickly, which is good, and I passed my Technician element exam at the beginning of March. I decided that I should challenge myself and keep going. I ordered the ARRL General and Extra license manuals and got to work. Last night, I received this: I owe much of my success to the training videos from NRHARC on Youtube (which I highly recommend). General: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs_Ab58w9LI9T0qCOsOD25KKTCAV92L5W Extra: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs_Ab58w9LI_6ENIq9q8geKXTrtHDT6ns I watched both playlists at 1.5x speed and still understood it all (the instructors speak very, very slowly), so the 7 hours for the General playlist and 20+ hours for the Extra playlist aren't as bad as you would think. You also shave off a lot of time if you skip ahead 30 seconds here and there through material you may already know, questions, introductions, etc. The ARRL Extra Class license manual was much easier to understand after watching the videos, and I took a bunch of sample tests using https://www.aa9pw.com/ for practice.
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