[bars] Sorry I could not participate in meeting

Don Melanson donmelanson01 at gmail.com
Thu Jun 4 13:01:40 EDT 2020


I also used and recommend Gam Test Online. As a VE I ask what materials
they used to pass the test an a majority of them tell me Ham Test online.
If I could only get my Wife to get interested Hi Hi

On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 12:58 PM Kayla Creamer <w2iry.kayla at gmail.com> wrote:

> Steve,
>
> My dad initially urged me to get my license. I tried many years ago, when
> code was still a required portion of the exam. He signed me up for Ham Test
> Online and it made it super easy. If I would have had to sit down and
> absorb the info from a book, I can pretty much guarantee you that I
> probably wouldn’t have done it. I’m far too busy with work and other life
> happenings that I’m lucky if I can find time to read a book for pleasure.
> I got my tech, general, and extra within 3 months, all studying with a Ham
> Test Online and recommend it to everyone who is looking to get their
> license or upgrade. They do practice quizzes on the material at the end of
> each section, which helps drill in the material. They bring you back to
> material that you’re having trouble with. There are also practice exams at
> the end of all of the material that you can take as many times as
> necessary. Again, they bring you back to the subjects you’re not doing as
> well with, so it drills in the concepts and material. I only wish I had
> gotten my license sooner so I could have talked to my grandfather while he
> was still licensed (that’s where the 2 call comes from, for those who don’t
> know).
>
> Kayla
> W2IRY
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Jun 4, 2020, at 1:26 AM, Steven Schultz <steven.schultz.m at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > Sorry I could not  participate in meeting
> >
> > My laptop needed an update and apparently this precluded me from hearing
> the Zoom meeting.
> >
> > I have a question for the VEC community.
> >
> > I want to gently, and I mean gently, encourage my daughter, age 22, to
> get a ham license.  She is currently a mechanical engineering student at
> Univ. Mass. Lowell.  She is currently residing in San Diego CA for the
> summer where her boyfriend has an internship at Northrop-Grumman.
> >
> > She will be taking on-line course work during summer but I thought she
> might be able to squeeze in some ham radio study.  I identified  several
> clubs in her area.  Given this COVID-19 crisis, can the VEC community offer
> suggestions for getting a ham license that I might gently nudge her to.
> >
> > Thank You
> > Steve Schultz
> > AC1EX
> > 781-439-0185
> >
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