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Date: Mon, 25 Jul 94 04:30:12 PDT
From: Ham-Policy Mailing List and Newsgroup <ham-policy@ucsd.edu>
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Subject: Ham-Policy Digest V94 #328
To: Ham-Policy
Ham-Policy Digest Mon, 25 Jul 94 Volume 94 : Issue 328
Today's Topics:
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Date: Mon, 25 Jul 1994 06:26:34 GMT
From: news.Hawaii.Edu!kahuna!jeffrey@ames.arpa
To: ham-policy@ucsd.edu
References <1994Jul23.175835.8344@mixcom.mixcom.com>, <p0ww7CB.ndfriedman@delphi.com>, <1994Jul24.143004.1209@mixcom.mixcom.com>
Subject : Re: reply
In article <1994Jul24.143004.1209@mixcom.mixcom.com> kevin jessup <kevin.jessup@mixcom.mixcom.com> writes:
>In <p0ww7CB.ndfriedman@delphi.com> Neil D. Friedman <ndfriedman@delphi.com> writes:
>
>>kevin jessup <kevin.jessup@mixcom.mixcom.com> writes:
>>
>>>the state of the art is and can accomplish. All I am asking is
>>>that amateur radio look a little beyond the high-school theory
>>>required to pass (for example) the ADvanced written tests.
>>
>>In the 82-year history of the amateur services, licenses have always been
>>within the reach of motivated high school (and some younger) students. In
>>fact, pre-college students have usually been a major source of new hams.
>>Are you suggesting that hf operating be placed beyond the reach of such
>>students?
>
>If you would care to read the post again, you will find that I mentioned
``(for example)''
>the Advanced test. I said nothing about novice, or general, which do
>allow HF privileges.
Then you shouldn't has said ``for example'', for that weakens your
statement.
>Must our MOST ADVANCED tests have a published question pool that, at best,
>requires a very modest understanding of high-school sophomore-level
>mathematics??
Do you know what comes after h.s. sophomore math? The Calculus is
what follows. Algebra II is the only prerequisite for Calculus, and
in the normal sequence of the h.s. curriculum, Calculus will follow
the algebra classes; if a student's school doesn't offer Calculus
then (s)he will start studying it as a college freshman. Is
that the level math you would like to require for the Advanced test?
Or would you like a knowledge of engineering math on the exams? Engineering
math is taught only after a student has had two years of Calculus, plus
at least one semester of Linear Algebra; five semesters of math are
needed to register for engineering mathematics; finally the student
is prepared for the one year of engineering math. Seven semesters
of college-level math. That's quite a filter, Kevin! Makes the
code test look simple.
So be specific, Kevin. Just how much math would you require,
`for example', for the Advanced test?
NH6IL jeffrey@math.hawaii.edu
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