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- Subject: Ham-Policy Digest V94 #328
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- Ham-Policy Digest Mon, 25 Jul 94 Volume 94 : Issue 328
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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
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- References <1994Jul23.175835.8344@mixcom.mixcom.com>, <p0ww7CB.ndfriedman@delphi.com>, <1994Jul24.143004.1209@mixcom.mixcom.com>
- Subject : Re: reply
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- 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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