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It's a marvelous idea. Putting all that study theory to practical use makes many mental lightbulbs pop on...Originally Posted by LookingSkyward
I am firmly of the belief that I passed my advanced test because I had to understand the novice theory well enough to teach it
(aka explain it to my mom). Anyone who has tried to explain something technical to an older non-technical relative will commiserate...
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Lol, I'm commiserating! While there are many formal apprenticeship programs still available in the U.S., there's a lot of informal OJT, as well. One can know a skill pretty well, but really hasn't mastered it until they've figured out how to teach it to pretty much anyone.
Especially Mom!
You really have me chuckling on this one, Charlie!
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Check out our youth group that went to Costa Rica for the weekend...
Made 12 contacts from the club station here with various kids/adults on four different frequency bands.
The kids were REAL popular -- Costa Rica is somewhat rare on the bands, and the youthful voices dragged 'em
in like a magnet...
...Costa Rica for the weekend...I'm doin' good to scare up the price of a movie...
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Nice! Very impressive... and I'm with you on cost, but I figure this is one of the things the kids will remember for the rest of their lives. Very cool!
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Curiosity's wheels imprint JPL in Morse code into the dust of Mars
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Just got my callsign today - I got my technician license mainly for use with both radio beacons and GPS APRS transmitters for locating amateur rockets. I'm not sure yet if I'll try to use it for anything else, but I do have a nice handheld 2m/70cm radio now (Yaesu VX-8GR).
Last edited by cjl; 2012-Aug-13 at 09:59 PM.
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Welcome to the fun!
Note that you may want to edit your callsign out of the post, as it reveals your true identity...
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For the record, I am completely aware of that, and it really doesn't bother me (anyone sufficiently determined could pretty easily find my identity through my username and information I have shared anyways). That having been said, multiple people now have helpfully informed me that I should remove it, so it's easier to just remove it rather than to continue explaining that I don't really mind its presence
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Yeah - I left mine in, but got more PMs on that than I've had in a couple years on the board
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