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  1. 06-30-2011, 01:25 AM #1
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    Congratulations to KJ4DAD/AE from Ocala.com...

    Talk all you want about elmering new young ops, this story has significance and means just as much to the Hamming community...

    From Ocala.com, Ocala, Florida:

    On May 10, Folsom asked her nephew to drive her to Green Clover Hall in the Marion County government complex, where the Silver Springs Radio Club oversees an evening exam session for amateur radio operators. She wanted to pass the test — not for what came after, but just to prove she could.

    A handful of people milled around as Folsom navigated her walker through the classroom to a spot at one of the long tables. Most of the others were waiting to take an entry-level Technician Class license exam, which gets operators on the air; or a General Class license exam, which allows access to a greater number of frequencies available to amateur radio operators.
    Folsom had come to take the most difficult exam for radio operators, the Extra Class License exam, which is full of advanced math and electronics. It's not unusual for people to pass it, but few bother to try...
    Congratulations Ms Folsom or should I say KJ4DAD/AE?
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    Dang!!! Congrats!!
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    Don't be fooled by this....
    She still works for NASA as a testing engineer, and they're performing experiments related to using the assembled mass of ham radio conventions in the formation of worm holes.

    :twisted:

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    extra test aint no cake walk.
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    Quote Originally Posted by W2IBC View Post
    extra test aint no cake walk.
    Wouldn't know. Haven't seen it since I passed it in 2006.

    Don't remember it being any harder than the 1st Phone back in the 80s. Maybe I got the "easy" version... :chin: ;)
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    Quote Originally Posted by KJ3N View Post
    Wouldn't know. Haven't seen it since I passed it in 2006.

    Don't remember it being any harder than the 1st Phone back in the 80s. Maybe I got the "easy" version... :chin: ;)
    well i missed it by 1 on the 15th
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    Quote Originally Posted by KJ3N View Post
    Wouldn't know. Haven't seen it since I passed it in 2006.

    Don't remember it being any harder than the 1st Phone back in the 80s. Maybe I got the "easy" version... :chin: ;)
    The First Phone I took in the early 70s was easier than the Extree I passed in 2000. Great way to keep the mind busy. When I passed, the VEs told me I aced it and I got one more wrong than she did. I then helped VE the remaining tests that were being taken.
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    Quote Originally Posted by W2IBC View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by KJ3N View Post
    Wouldn't know. Haven't seen it since I passed it in 2006.

    Don't remember it being any harder than the 1st Phone back in the 80s. Maybe I got the "easy" version... :chin: ;)
    well i missed it by 1 on the 15th
    Ouch... :(
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    Quote Originally Posted by KJ3N View Post
    Ouch... :(
    i expected worse since i didnt really study for extra. figured might as well take it since i spent what little brick dough i had for the damn tests
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