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"Phil Kane" wrote:
(snip) There's nothing wrong with the language of the USC or CFR if (1) one has a good command of American English and (2) one has a good command of law and (3) one understands what the statute/regulation was intended for in the first place. (snip) You forgot to add in (4) a lot of time. As in time to look through the various subsections to find related material. For example, when reading that certification is required, one has to hunt elsewhere to find details about that certification and even elsewhere to find how one can obtain it. Dwight Stewart (W5NET) http://www.qsl.net/w5net/ |
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You know, perhaps Technician class amateurs DO have HF privileges due to
the reference to the old International requirement. However, where in the Schedule are the specific frequency bands allocated. I would need to rereat Pt97, but, my guess is that they either have NO specific allocated frequency bands, or, they would be the same as the Novice class licence. -- Chris Cox, N0UK/G4JEC NIC Handle: CC345 UnitedHealthGroup, Inc., MN10-W116, UNIX Services & Consulting 6300 Olson Memorial Highway, Golden Valley, MN 55427 email: (work) (home) |
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![]() Alun Palmer wrote: You don't get it, do you? Nobody has ever implied it says OR, and it certainly never mentions Element 1. What it does say is: "who has recieved credit for proficiency in telegraphy _in_accordance_with_international_requirements_" You are taking what is an aside, and basing your whole argument on it. Won't work. This argument doesn't work on enough levels that it is surprising that anyone would use it. 1. My first remark about the very secondary nature of the "in accordance with....." 2. The reworded Article 25.5 now says, "Administrations shall determine whether or not a person seeking a license to operate an amateur station shall demonstrate the ability to send and receive texts in Morse code signals." Do you agree that this is the reworded article 25.5? The administration has determined that the persons seeking a license must pass a 5 wpm Morse code test. Until it changes it's requirements, it will continue. 3. There is nothing in the rules that we are out of compliance with. 4. Morse code testing is not abolished. Individual administrations now make that call- to test, or not to test. Using the argument that Morse code testing has been abolished is quite simply *wrong*. It will be wrong until the FCC rules otherwise. - Mike KB3EIA - |
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"Dan/W4NTI" wrote in message ...
"Dee D. Flint" wrote in message y.com... "C" wrote in message ... No I am not doing a memorizing of each dit and dah and converting method. My problem is my brain does not react fast enough to decide what each character is before the next one is sent. At 5 wpm with Farnsworth spacing, you have around 1.5-2 seconds between characters. That should be plenty. Are you using Farnsworth spacing? Try this experiment: Have someone read a random sequence of standard phonetics ("Hotel, Sierra, Alfa, Yankee..." at a rate of about one word every two seconds while you write down the first letter of each word. If you can do that, it's a good bet you can learn to copy 5 wpm code. Are you block printing or writing cursive? I found block printing avoided a lot of problems because each letter stands alone. I just get further behind. I practice at least 20 to 30 minutes usually twice a day if not more. I use computer programs and ARRL training CDs. I will check "The Art and Skill of Radiotelegraphy". Thanks for the encouragement. Try this: Set the computer to send just two unrelated characters - say, R and Z. Practice copying those two until you get 95% or better copy. Then add just one more letter and practice until you can get 95% or better with those three. The trick is to not add any new ones until you know the old ones almost perfectly. None of us could react fast enough at first. You are not alone. When you are copying and miss a letter, just skip it and catch the next one. If you let your mind focus on what you missed, you will then miss several others that come after. DON'T TRY TO GET THE MISSED LETTER AT THAT TIME. Just write an underscore and go on so that you don't miss following letters. This takes a little practice by the way as we all want to be perfect so we sit there and try to figure it out while falling further behind. If you get a lot of blanks at first, that's OK. Just keep working on it. Good advice. But don;t be afraid to backtrack as above, to find what letters are giving you trouble. When you take the test, you are allowed time to go back over your paper and fill in what you think the missing material might be. Here is an example (using an underscore for characters that you miss on the copy). What you originally copied: NAM_ IS JO_N. Now if you look back over your copy, fill in what you believe the missing letters should be. In this case, the text sent was most likely: NAME IS JOHN. Then on the test questions, you will probably be asked the name and there you have it right there on your paper. When I took my extra code test (20wpm), I had a lot of underscores on my paper but despite that I was able to successfully answer the country question (it was Switzerland) even though I only had about half the letters copied on my sheet. That works fine unless the text sent was "NAME IS JOAN" Dee D. Flint, N8UZE Yeah its tough now Dee. When I took mine is was solid copy at 20 wpm for one solid minute out of five. Oh well. Me too. And no time was allowed for going back - when the code stopped, they took the paper away. Plus, if the examiner could not read your writing, you flunked. Also you had to send 20 per to the examiner's satisfaction. But all that has been gone for over 20 years now. Ancient history. Yet many hams licensed since those days could easily meet that standard. Note that today's test can be passed by answering the questions OR finding one minute (25 characters) of solid copy. 73 es GL de Jim, N2EY |
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![]() wrote in message ... "Dan/W4NTI" wrote: I like that..sounds plausable. Oh....when I was learning it and I was riding in the car with mom I would sound out the Morse on all the roadsigns I could see. Drove mom nuts, but it helped. Not dot dash.....di dah. Dan/W4NTI Do you want to impress me Dan? Sit shotgun in my Belvedere and tap out some portable CW in a quarter mile launch! You cross posting fart. ![]() -- GO# 40 I didn't initiate this thread. Track it down moron. Dan/W4NTI |
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![]() wrote in message ... "Dan/W4NTI" wrote: I didn't initiate this thread. Track it down moron. Dan/W4NTI Just keep hitting send, you ****ing asshole. -- GO# 40 OK. Just for you I will keep doing it. Over and Over again. Everytime I damn well want. Dan/W4NTI |
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(Brian Kelly) wrote in message om...
(Brian) wrote in message . com... "Dan/W4NTI" wrote in message ... Yeah its tough now Dee. When I took mine is was solid copy at 20 wpm for one solid minute out of five. Oh well. Dan/W4NTI And uphill both ways in 6 foot of snow... And you couldn't pass it in Miami even if the VE provided you with a limo both ways. w3rv I don't think VE's are permitted to provide limousine service to examinees anymore. Boy have the times changed for the better! |
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