Comments on: Two Self-Study Guides http://kb6nu.com/tech-manual/ My personal adventures in amateur radio Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:27:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Dan KB6NU http://kb6nu.com/tech-manual/#comment-298728 Dan KB6NU Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:50:50 +0000 http://kb6nu.com/two-self-study-guides/#comment-298728 Excellent. Congratulations! Excellent. Congratulations!

]]> By: Ed Culbertson http://kb6nu.com/tech-manual/#comment-298723 Ed Culbertson Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:36:22 +0000 http://kb6nu.com/two-self-study-guides/#comment-298723 Thanks for the general study guide. Got it done on 6/7/08!! Thanks for the general study guide. Got it done on 6/7/08!!

]]> By: Jon KG4SVF (soon N0SVD) http://kb6nu.com/tech-manual/#comment-298660 Jon KG4SVF (soon N0SVD) Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:45:09 +0000 http://kb6nu.com/two-self-study-guides/#comment-298660 Dan, Your study guides seem to have garnered much praise. I'm starting to study for my General (so that a friend and I can study for Extra this summer while she's off from school). I might be up for working on a rephrased-type guide such as this for Extra - we'll see how it goes. Let me pass my General first and I'll let you know :) Hopefully sometime in the next month, I'll go /AG. 73, Jon Dan,

Your study guides seem to have garnered much praise. I’m starting to study for my General (so that a friend and I can study for Extra this summer while she’s off from school). I might be up for working on a rephrased-type guide such as this for Extra - we’ll see how it goes. Let me pass my General first and I’ll let you know :)

Hopefully sometime in the next month, I’ll go /AG.

73, Jon

]]> By: Dan KB6NU http://kb6nu.com/tech-manual/#comment-298648 Dan KB6NU Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:49:31 +0000 http://kb6nu.com/two-self-study-guides/#comment-298648 Hi, Jack-- Thanks for the great feedback on my study guide. fyi, it's going to be available very soon in a printed version. The cost will be $12, plus shipping. If you think you might be interested in this, let me know, and I'll e-mail you when it's ready. If not, feel free to continue to use the free version on my website. 73, Dan Hi, Jack–

Thanks for the great feedback on my study guide. fyi, it’s going to be available very soon in a printed version. The cost will be $12, plus shipping. If you think you might be interested in this, let me know, and I’ll e-mail you when it’s ready. If not, feel free to continue to use the free version on my website.

73, Dan

]]> By: Dan KB6NU http://kb6nu.com/tech-manual/#comment-298646 Dan KB6NU Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:02:15 +0000 http://kb6nu.com/two-self-study-guides/#comment-298646 That's great. Thanks for the feedback. Tell the scouts to download the General Class Study Guide when they get started on that. That’s great. Thanks for the feedback. Tell the scouts to download the General Class Study Guide when they get started on that.

]]> By: Jack KZ3Z http://kb6nu.com/tech-manual/#comment-298645 Jack KZ3Z Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:27:28 +0000 http://kb6nu.com/two-self-study-guides/#comment-298645 Dan, Shawn KB8UDE showed me your guide, I used it to help teach a class of Boy Scouts. Three of them got licensed, and I'm starting another class next week with about ten people this time, even going to have three parents taking it. Two of the new Scout Techs want to upgrade to General when the others try for Tech so they can stay ahead of their buddies. Dan,
Shawn KB8UDE showed me your guide, I used it to help teach a class of Boy Scouts. Three of them got licensed, and I’m starting another class next week with about ten people this time, even going to have three parents taking it. Two of the new Scout Techs want to upgrade to General when the others try for Tech so they can stay ahead of their buddies.

]]> By: Dan KB6NU http://kb6nu.com/tech-manual/#comment-270595 Dan KB6NU Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:45:37 +0000 http://kb6nu.com/two-self-study-guides/#comment-270595 Thanks for your comments, Shawn. Unfortunately, I don't think there will be a No Nonsense Guide for the Extra Class license examination. There are just too many questions, and I just don't have enough time to devote to it. The only way it might be possible is if I could enlist the help of some other folks to write some of the sections. Then, i could edit them and put it all together. Hmmmmmm. The more I think about this, the more I like the idea. Anyone want to volunteer?? btw, I checked out your your picture on QRZ.Com. What a great looking station! Thanks for your comments, Shawn. Unfortunately, I don’t think there will be a No Nonsense Guide for the Extra Class license examination. There are just too many questions, and I just don’t have enough time to devote to it. The only way it might be possible is if I could enlist the help of some other folks to write some of the sections. Then, i could edit them and put it all together.

Hmmmmmm. The more I think about this, the more I like the idea. Anyone want to volunteer??

btw, I checked out your your picture on QRZ.Com. What a great looking station!

]]> By: Shawn KB8UDE http://kb6nu.com/tech-manual/#comment-270248 Shawn KB8UDE Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:16:27 +0000 http://kb6nu.com/two-self-study-guides/#comment-270248 Loved the General guide. Got my upgrade this summer using it. Well, mostly. Only read the first few chapters and did the rest of the test with common sense and experience. I will definitely need the guide for my Extra though, so get writing! Loved the General guide. Got my upgrade this summer using it. Well, mostly. Only read the first few chapters and did the rest of the test with common sense and experience. I will definitely need the guide for my Extra though, so get writing!

]]> By: Dan KB6NU http://kb6nu.com/tech-manual/#comment-173263 Dan KB6NU Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:23:02 +0000 http://kb6nu.com/two-self-study-guides/#comment-173263 Hi, Ronny. Very cool. I'm up for working your students. I think I'll have to get my 20m vertical back up in the air first, but that shouldn't be a problem. 73, Dan Hi, Ronny.

Very cool. I’m up for working your students. I think I’ll have to get my 20m vertical back up in the air first, but that shouldn’t be a problem.

73, Dan

]]> By: Ronny http://kb6nu.com/tech-manual/#comment-172810 Ronny Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:46:23 +0000 http://kb6nu.com/two-self-study-guides/#comment-172810 Dan, As promised, last week I handed out your Tech Study Guide to the 20 students in my Amateur Radio elective class. I am taking the class in a self-study direction with "overview" by me. With quizzes to keep them honest, I hope to cover the basics pretty quickly, thus allowing the students plenty of time to get into hands-on electronics. I will be using "100-in-1" Science kits to allow the students to build basic circuits and discover how components work. Afterward, we will hopefully move toward breadboarding circuits. We'll see how far we get... As for learning electronic theory, I found that the visuals and info. from the "Electronics" section at www.electronicstheory,com seem to be pretty good. I will also be using your General Study Guide, so I'll let you know if I find any typos or portions in either of the Guides that seem to confuse teenagers. Again, thanks for taking the time to produce materials for the next generation. By the way, I'm passing out Morse Code CDs tomorrow. Some of the kids are psyched to learn Code. Maybe we can arrange a "final" with my students having to work you using CW and obtain some information (e.g. favorite color, name of pet, etc..). 73 from Austin, Texas. Ronny, KC5EES Dan,

As promised, last week I handed out your Tech Study Guide to the 20 students in my Amateur Radio elective class. I am taking the class in a self-study direction with “overview” by me. With quizzes to keep them honest, I hope to cover the basics pretty quickly, thus allowing the students plenty of time to get into hands-on electronics.

I will be using “100-in-1″ Science kits to allow the students to build basic circuits and discover how components work. Afterward, we will hopefully move toward breadboarding circuits. We’ll see how far we get…

As for learning electronic theory, I found that the visuals and info. from the “Electronics” section at http://www.electronicstheory,com seem to be pretty good.

I will also be using your General Study Guide, so I’ll let you know if I find any typos or portions in either of the Guides that seem to confuse teenagers. Again, thanks for taking the time to produce materials for the next generation.

By the way, I’m passing out Morse Code CDs tomorrow. Some of the kids are psyched to learn Code. Maybe we can arrange a “final” with my students having to work you using CW and obtain some information (e.g. favorite color, name of pet, etc..).

73 from Austin, Texas.

Ronny, KC5EES

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