The 2007 General Class Course
My 2007 General Class license course ended almost two weeks ago.
This year, I had nine people in the class, although one of them was already licensed, and was attending in order to help and support his wife who was working on getting her ticket. The youngest were two guys in their early 30s. Rounding out the class were a couple who had just been recently charged with being responsible for emergency communications for a Civil Air Patrol group, two retired gentlemen, and one guy about my age.
What’s interesting to me is that each class seems to have its own personality. This group were questioners. Sometimes it was hard to get in a word edgewise! Usually there are one or two in the group, but this time nearly everyone in the class asked a lot of questions.
Another thing about this class is that I’m sure that most of them will get their General Class tickets. Indeed, before class had ended, four of them had done so. Two of them did shortly after. The others are just waiting for a convenient testing session.
Next year, I’m going to have to work a little harder to prepare for class. I’m currently in the process of turning the new General Class question pool (it takes effect in July) into a “No-Nonsense Study Guide,” and I see that they’ve added several topics. There are, for example, questions on amplifiers and digital circuits that were not part of the previous question pool. Once I’m done churning out the study guide, look for a new General Class course outline.
