pong On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 9:22 PM, Peter Laws <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Ping ... Thursday ... Ping ... > > -- > Peter Laws / N5UWY > National Weather Center / Network Operations Center > University of Oklahoma Information Technology > [log in to unmask] > College of Architecture, Regional and City Planning, MRCP '16 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Feedback? Contact my director, Ken Kurz, [log in to unmask] Thank you! > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 6:06 PM, Laws, Peter C. <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> QST: >> >> At least until the club gets things set up on OrgSync, please sign up for >> OUARC-L, a LISTSERV mailing list, for comms. (go to http://lists.ou.edu >> and flail around until you figure out how to subscribe or send an email to >> [log in to unmask] with "subscribe ouarc-l" in the message body). >> >> We're still planning to hold the amateur radio test session on Thursday >> evening, September 24th, at 1830 local time at the NWC. Room number TBA. >> I know, Mr Thung has a class that night, but we'll work something out for >> him. >> >> REGISTER IN ADVANCE at http://w5nor.org/vereg/form-ouarc.html Doing >> this means the NCVEC Form 605 and test answer sheet will be ready for your >> signature and (correct) test answers. When you fill in the form, please >> use a permanent mailing address. If you are an international student, >> please use a US mailing address (citizenship is not required). >> Interestingly, as of about 6 months ago, the FCC stopped routinely mailing >> out paper licenses unless you set your preference otherwise in ULS. >> >> Speaking of government websites that were down all Labor Day weekend, >> please go to https://apps.fcc.gov/coresWeb/publicHome.do which is the >> FCC's COmmission REgistration System (CORES). Set yourself up with an FCC >> Registration Number so that you don't have to put your Social Security >> Account Number on the form when you take the test. >> >> Generic details about test sessions are here: >> http://w5nor.org/license/index.html Bottom line, please bring $15 cash >> (or check made out to "ARRL VEC") and a photo ID like a driver's license. >> >> The canonical site for the question and answer pools is the National >> Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators: >> http://www.ncvec.org/page.php?id=338 The Q&A pools have been in the >> public domain, by regulation, for over 30 years now. The pools are updated >> every four years. If you have a license manual (there are copies in >> Bizzell and the NWC library) make sure it is current. For the ARRL line of >> manuals, there is a list of cross references between the previous and >> current Q&A pools here: http://www.arrl.org/instruction-arrl-resources >> >> **I encourage you to study both the Element 2 Technician and Element 3 >> General pools**. >> >> There are numerous sites online that will drill you on the exam >> questions. My advice is to use one where you have to make a login (free or >> not, your choice, there are many) and where the site tracks your progress. >> You need to be hitting 85% consistently to ensure passage. Some sites >> don't seem to be as random as they should be and you may never see some of >> the questions. So a read through the entire pool at least once is probably >> warranted. You'll soon find that some questions are on the same topic with >> the question restated. >> >> Plenty of time to ace this. :) >> >> 73, >> Peter Laws >> N5UWY >> >> >> http://w5tc.org/ - our site >> https://twitter.com/w5tc >> https://www.facebook.com/OklahomaStudentAmateurRadioClub >> >> http://w5nor.org/ - local Norman club site >> http://arrl.org/ - American Radio Relay League >> While looking for other things, I saw this which may be of interest: >> http://www.arrl.org/college-students-and-educators >> >> >> -- >> Peter Laws / N5UWY >> National Weather Center / Network Operations Center >> University of Oklahoma Information Technology >> [log in to unmask] (Remote) >> College of Architecture, Division of Regional and City Planning, MRCP '16 >> > > -- Gerry Creager NSSL/CIMMS 405.325.6371 ++++++++++++++++++++++ “Big whorls have little whorls, That feed on their velocity; And little whorls have lesser whorls, And so on to viscosity.” Lewis Fry Richardson (1881-1953)