[Swprograms] FW: [HoustonScan] Re: New Ham Radio Test is out!

["Scott Royall" <royall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This should get the natives into a frenzy! =:>

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Royall [mailto:royall@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 12:27 PM
To: 'HoustonScan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [HoustonScan] Re: New Ham Radio Test is out!

You just demonstrated why the FCC no longer considers amateur radio a
necessary part of emergency communication. Hams have failed to uphold their
end of the deal. When modern emergencies occur, gigabytes of information
need to fly NOW. NONE of the modes of transmission hams have are capable of
measuring up to the need. Your statement sadly stopped being relevant
sometime in the late 70's, and the ham community has lacked the vision to
innovate and regain the respect of the FCC. No wonder the chairman recently
made the above remark and is so sympathetic to things like BPL; hams have
basically reduced their own service to merely a hobby. Why should the FCC
shield a hobby?

I am sorry, Thomas. I don't mean to jump on you personally. I know a few
hams still sincerely care about WHY their hobby was created by Congress.
Just not enough to restore its value to the broader population. By the time
an emergency reaches the point where CW and tubes regain any contributory
value, most of the US will already be dead. Too little too late. There are
better ways of communicating in an emergency, just ask the military. Hell,
even the lowly cell phone, while badly wounded, grit its digital teeth and
muscled through 9/11 more effectively than amateur radio! Sheesh, amateur
radio has become little more than a club of grumpy old men.

-----Original Message-----
From: HoustonScan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:HoustonScan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Thomas
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 7:10 AM
To: HoustonScan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [HoustonScan] Re: New Ham Radio Test is out!

There is no more reliable means of communication than amateur radio
operators using cw. I agree that it is more cumbersome, and that there
are many other preferred modes out there (I, myself use them).

But when the chips are down, and no other means of communication is
possible, cw will always be there to punch through. It is a travesty
for amateur radio operators to lose this unique facet that has been
the cornerstone of ham radio for decades.

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--- In HoustonScan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Scott Royall" <royall@xxxx> wrote:
> I'll take it when they join this century and drop CW as a requirement. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HoustonScan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:HoustonScan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Chris Boone
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:34 PM
> To: 'Amateur Radio in Houston TX area'; txham@xxxx;
> txvhffmsociety@xxxx; HoustonScan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> SETXHam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [HoustonScan] New Ham Radio Test is out!
> 
> 
> The new amateur radio test is here. A few changes have been made.
> The new test has been designed so that the same test can be given
for all
> license classes. To qualify for the higher classes of license, all
you have
> to do is score better on the test. This makes things so much simpler for
> VE's.
> 
> I have included a copy of the new exam.
> =================================================================
> 
> Please PRINT (that means no squiggly lines)
> 
> YOUR NAME (what they call you)
> __________________________________________
> 
> ADDRESS (where you live)
> _______________________________________________
> 
> BIRTH DATE (when you were born) ________________________________
> 
> EXAM INSTRUCTIONS:
> 
> Make a circle (one of these round things O ) around the letter of
the best
> answer! This is so we know what your answer to the question is!
> 
> 1. You TALK into a microphone with your _______.
> 
> A. Hands
> B. Feet
> C. Toes
> D. Mouth
> E. Armpits
> 
> 2. When you talk into a microphone, you talk into _______.
> 
> A. the front
> B. the back
> C. the top
> D. the bottom
> E. the wire
> 
> 3. "HEADPHONES" are worn over the ___________.
> 
> A. Knees
> B. Eyes
> C. Toes
> D. Ears
> E. Lips
> 
> 4. What do you do with the AC line cord coming out of a power supply?
> 
> A. Hold it in the air to pick up signals 
> B. Pull on it to start the motor 
> C. Talk into the plug to get real "skip DX"
> D. Hook it to your antenna
> E. Insert the plug into a source of power
> 
> 5. A "two meter" radio is: (NOTE: There are TWO correct answers to this
> question...look at the last two...sshhhh)
> 
> A. twice as strong as a one-meter radio    
> B. two one-meter radios in series
> C. a CB with two meters on the front panel 
> D. a good doorstop 
> E. a monoband radio
> 
> 6. A "ten-foot mast" is about how long?
> 
> A. Three meters
> B. Ten pounds
> C. Two meters
> D. Tree-top tall
> E. Same length as basketball hoop is high
> 
> 7. A "Triband antenna" is made to work on how many bands?
> 
> A. 1
> B. 2
> C. 3
> D. 10
> E. Try it on any band!
> 
> 8. The "Marconi" antenna is named after:
> 
> A. Marconi
> B. Mantovani
> C. macaroni
> D. Dean Martin
> E. martini
> 
> 9. What colors of DIODES can you buy at a Radio Shack store?
> 
> A. Red, blue and black
> B. Red, yellow and green
> C. Orange and brown
> D. I am color blind so this is a discriminatory question and I should
> automatically get a waiver on this question.
> E. I have no intention of ever using DIODES, so don't care what
color they
> are.
> 
> 10. What color of SLURPEE can you buy at 7-11?
> 
> A. Red, blue and black
> B. Red, yellow and green
> C. Orange and brown
> D. I am color blind so this is a discriminatory question and I
should get
> another waiver on this question. I now have two questions right.
> E. All the above
> 
> 11. You have just installed your new mobile rig in your vehicle and
you are
> still parked at the curb, you need to pull out into traffic and you are
> talking to another station, so:
> 
> A. You put down the mic long enough to signal that you intend to
pull away
> from the curb 
> B. You keep on talking and just pull out in traffic 
> C. You open your left rear door to signal that you want to pull out in
> traffic, while calling CQ DX on the repeater 
> D. You install a light bulb at the top of your antenna so that it
will flash
> when you are talking on the radio and people will then know to let
you out
> 
> END OF EXAM.
> 
> YOUR SIGNATURE (slap your tag here)
> 
> _________________________________________
> 
> =================================================================
> SCORING:
> Get ALL of them and you are a VE!
> Get more than half of them correct and you get an EXTRA!!!!
> Get at least a third of them right and you get a GENERAL!!!!
> Get more than TWO right and you get a TECHNICIAN!!!
> Get only ONE right? No more Novices so go back out in parking lot
and study
> another five minutes. When you are done, come back in and try again.
You'll
> do better.....
> Get NONE right? Back to 27 MHz CB.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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