[SBE] Hamnets

[Cris Alexander]

I remember clearly all the blood and sweat on the floor of that examining room of the FCC office in the Earl J. Cabell Federal Building in downtown Dallas... a single bulb hanging from a wire, the sadistic laugh of the examiner, those hard bakelite headphones, the requirement for one minute out of five of solid copy...

All things considered, I think I was a lot more upset by the funneling of all First and Second Phone licensees into the single "Generic Radiotelephone License" than I was by the no-code Amateur Extra. Where it comes to ham radio, the more the merrier!

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W.C. Alexander, CPBE, AMD, DRB
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From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Bob Reite
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 9:48 AM
To: sbe member discussion mail list
Subject: Re: [SBE] Hamnets

Yes, now that the code requirement is gone, it's not as bad.  I took the "Heavy Extra" as some of us call it with the 20 WPM.  At that time, there was not that much technical stuff in the Extra written exam compared to the Advanced class license, most of the Extra class questions seemed to relate to giving license exams, as only Extra class 
licensees could be a volunteer examiner.   I have no idea what the Extra 
class question pool is like now.

On 5/10/11 11:05 AM, Thompson, Pat wrote:

> Rod:

>

> There’s always someone out there trying to “get your goat”. Don’t let 

> a few grumpy idiots spoil an otherwise good hobby. When you have time 

> to fool with it, element four is all of 50 not too hard multiple 

> choice questions. I sure didn’t feel “elite” after passing. It’s just 

> a more privileged learners permit!

>

> Pat

>

> wa4tuk

>

> *From:*sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] *On Behalf Of 

> *R.V.Zeigler

> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 10, 2011 10:26 AM

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> *Subject:* Re: [SBE] Hamnets

>

> Barry,

>  From an experience one of my former engineers had with the person 

> then in charge of "Chapter of the Air", the reflector system is much 

> more inclusive. This engineer was told that if he was a broadcast 

> engineer, but not an Extra Class ham, he probably shouldn't call himself an engineer.

> That kind of elitist attitude pretty well soured both of us. Instead 

> of giving a reason to upgrade it caused the opposite reaction in my 

> case. I have enough going on already, why take time to become one of "those guys".

> Rod

>

> On 5/9/2011 11:26 AM, Barry Thomas, CPBE CBNT wrote:

>

> Tom;

>

> Thanks for your post.

>

> For the non-hams on this list, what is your Hamnet on contrast or in 

> respect to the SBE "Chapter of the Air?"

>

> http://www.sbe.org/sections/IRLP.php

>

>

> Barry Thomas, CPBE CBNT

> Atlanta, GA

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> If you're not watching anything exciting on the TV Sunday night, and 

> you have your ham license, check in to the informal "Hams In 

> Broadcast" net Sunday night, 8 PM ET (7 CT, 6 MT and 5 PT).

> We meet on the Great Lakes IRLP/Echolink Reflector. Dial up reflector 

> 9615 on IRLP, or 96150 on Echolink. If you do not have an IRLP or 

> Echolink node near you, you might look at installing Echolink on your 

> home computer. The software is free.

>

> This reflector is open 24/7 for any amateur legal use pertaining to 

> talking about broadcasting. If you are an engineer, a news person or 

> an announcer, you are invited. There is more information at:

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> http://glirlp.org/9615-broadcast/

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> The net control should be Brew, WA2ZST, and we are looking for anyone 

> with an interest in broadcasting to join us.

>

> Also keep in mind that on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month, at 

> 1 PM ET, there is an official SBE "Chapter of the Air" net, hosted out 

> of Denver, using this reflector.

>

> Any questions, please contact me.

>

> Very 73, de Tom Bosscher K8TB

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