Dlazy
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Re: Licensing thread
another link for exam practice: »www.aa9pw.com/radio/ |
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sporkme
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GeekGirl1
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| said by sporkme  :How good is this practice exam? I didn't do too bad a job since I have not studied or anything. Haven't cracked a book on anything radio-related in at least 10 years. I haven't cracked a book on rules-n-regulations in the last 10 years either. Just took the Extra test dead cold. The only problem area was packet and that's because I haven't used it in 10 years. Theory was no problem. I don't know what subset of the pool questions I got, but it seemed focused too much on packet and not enough on CW, SSB, RTTY. Or maybe things have changed since I last took the test xxx years ago. |
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sporkme
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| said by GeekGirl1 :said by sporkme :How good is this practice exam? I didn't do too bad a job since I have not studied or anything. Haven't cracked a book on anything radio-related in at least 10 years. I haven't cracked a book on rules-n-regulations in the last 10 years either. Just took the Extra test dead cold. Damn!
Hey, I'm a liberal arts major. Maybe I'll just need to break down some mental barriers to study up enough to do this for real.
I think I'm living in a really great place (as far as apartments go) to do some radio stuff. I have access to the roof, and that pic is what I can see to the east. I'm on the upward slope of what's called the "First Mountain" in NJ. I've had a hard time finding the full history of the site, but it's got a great shot to the NY metro area. Edison also did some early experiments about 2 miles up the hill from here. 
Only picture I'm finding of facilities on first mountain, and it's dated. There's now a huge UHF antenna crowning the thing off.
»gallery.bostonradio.org/2003-01/···med.html
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November 12th, @08:13PM
| Nice. You've got just about everything open to you. Consider that you could also throw a simple dipole out the window to work HF. Line-of-sight to just about every repeater in NJ / NYC area. Or, with a clear shot of open sky, do satellite work (yes, there are ham radio satellites - AMSAT - check the FAQ- »Amateur Radio »AMSAT(tm) - The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation ).
Don't be intimidated if you get stuck on anything. If you have any problems understanding any concepts, check the FAQ for links or post a thread in the forum. You'll get plenty of help. |
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