(sorta OT) Free Ham Radio Course

Really?
What kind of code are identifiers on VOR's, ILS's and ADF's, etc sent in?
As a licensed Ham, I have no trouble discerning an identifier on the
first pass when it is drowning in the static.

Peter Duniho wrote:
Bull****. It's 100% off-topic in rec.aviation.hombuilt AND
rec.aviation.piloting. There's no "crossbreeding", and I guarantee you that
it's not true that 25% of all pilots are amateur radio operators. Even if
it were, that doesn't make your post on-topic here.
Not that you'd care, of course. You always do what you want, and call
anyone that doesn't like it an "asshole". But why would you bother lying
about the appropriateness of your actions?

jsmith wrote:

Really?
What kind of code are identifiers on VOR's, ILS's and ADF's, etc sent in?
As a licensed Ham, I have no trouble discerning an identifier on the
first pass when it is drowning in the static.

Yes, I've often thought that would be another good reason to become a
code capable Ham.

Jim, given the three classes of license you described, how does your
course run? Does it cover the material needed for each class in
succession or does completing the course prepare you for the most
advanced class?

Can you give us an idea as to roughly how much course and study time is
required for each class?

Matt

It is all in succession, and my best guess is 30 days between each of the
elements -- Tech, General, and Extra.

Jim



Jim, given the three classes of license you described, how does your
course run? Does it cover the material needed for each class in
succession or does completing the course prepare you for the most advanced
class?

Can ou give us an idea as to roughly how much course and study time is
required for each class?

Matt

It's probably an old Machado joke, but the story goes that an examiner
disbelieved a pilot who claimed to be able to identify stations without
consulting a chart. He tuned in an unknown station and waited for the ident.
Then he asked the pilot what it said. The smart-aleck pilot replied, "Da di
di dit, di dah dah dah, dah di dah dit."