Jim Thomson wrote:
> From: Dave White <mausoptik@btinternet.com>
> Subject: Re: [Amps] why did Heath die?
>
> What did surprise me was that when I bought a couple of large vacuum variable
> capacitors on the fleamarket at Dayton and was carrying them around and back
> to the car, I lost count of the number of guys with extra class callsign
> badges who asked me what they were. Is there a message in there somewhere?
>
> Dave G0OIL
>
> ## That is a sad state of affairs, to say the least.
I recall reading somewhere that in the RAE exam (or whatever it might be called
now in the UK), X % of the candidates did not know how to wire a 13 A plug. The
pass mark was Y %. I can't recall X or Y, but I know X was greater than Y. It
stuck me as wrong, that the pass mark could be higher than the percentage of
people who know how to wire up a plug.
An American ham once said to me that a typical project now in QST was:
"How to Build a 12V 1A Power Supply with a 7812 Voltage Regulator"
It is a sad state of affairs. I wonder if making the exam harder, so people
have
to do more work to get a ticket would help. Or would it just put more people
off, and be worst for the hobby.
Dave
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