K4EET
Chaplain
+++ QST +++ QST +++ QST +++ QST +++ QST +++
Yesterday afternoon, I met Rick, KR3LC (also here on Radio Reference) on our local 146.805- MHz (107.2 PL) repeater in Millersville, Maryland. He invited me to take the Extra Class exam for FREE at a local Maryland Mobileers hamfest the next morning.
I did not have the current license manual nor had I been studying for the Extra Class exam to begin with.
Long story short, I took the 50-question Extra Class exam this morning without studying and only relying on my Virginia Tech studies in radio propagation and antenna theory plus 30 years as a professional radio Engineer in various positions with various companies; including Motorola and Westinghouse.
Practical experience paid off because I ***passed*** the exam!
I really was not expecting that to happen. I actually took the test just to see how hard the Extra Class exam was fully expecting to fail the first time around. Well... Glory be to God, I walked out of the classroom this morning holding my "Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination" for Element 4 - Extra Class.
73, Dave K4EET/AE
Yesterday afternoon, I met Rick, KR3LC (also here on Radio Reference) on our local 146.805- MHz (107.2 PL) repeater in Millersville, Maryland. He invited me to take the Extra Class exam for FREE at a local Maryland Mobileers hamfest the next morning.
I did not have the current license manual nor had I been studying for the Extra Class exam to begin with.
Long story short, I took the 50-question Extra Class exam this morning without studying and only relying on my Virginia Tech studies in radio propagation and antenna theory plus 30 years as a professional radio Engineer in various positions with various companies; including Motorola and Westinghouse.
Practical experience paid off because I ***passed*** the exam!
I really was not expecting that to happen. I actually took the test just to see how hard the Extra Class exam was fully expecting to fail the first time around. Well... Glory be to God, I walked out of the classroom this morning holding my "Certificate of Successful Completion of Examination" for Element 4 - Extra Class.
73, Dave K4EET/AE