FLARC VEs Had a Hat-Trick! - Page 1

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Posted: 2/5/2018 10:00:12 AM EDT

Our Club is 62 years this August. To my understanding via our VECs that in January we had our First Candidate to pull off the Tech, Gen, Ex in one sitting!!! I was definitely proud to sign 2 out of his 3 tickets.

Dude is none technical, studied for one week, ACED Tech & Gen, 3-4 wrong on Extra.

Oh, BTW - he is a card carrying MENSA, we know cause we called BS.... in jest and he modestly dug it out.

Posted: 2/5/2018 7:44:33 PM EDT

[#1]

Nice!

My club (HCARC) showed one of your videos on a fox hunt last week.
Interesting.

Posted: 2/5/2018 9:22:29 PM EDT

[#2]

It's not hard to memorize the question pools. I'm living proof

Posted: 2/8/2018 12:20:52 PM EDT

[#3]

I think there are several Hams on this board that did Tech/Gen/Extra in one sitting - A Free Man might be one.

Congrats to the newly minted Extra!!! - get him on the air now guys!

(BTW I did it the hard way, Novice, Tech, Tech+, General, and then Extra. My memorization skills were never put to the all in one sitting challenge.)

73

Steve
K9ZW

Posted: 2/8/2018 6:45:20 PM EDT

[#4]

I passed all three exams in one sitting a couple years back. I was rather spent afterwards. I shook a few hands, grabbed my paperwork and went home. It was a bit of a blur. I enjoy learning, and for the most part, I did my best to actually understand the material rather than just memorize the answers. Even so, I have since forgotten much of it.

Posted: 2/9/2018 12:21:05 PM EDT

[#5]

A few years ago I got interested and was put in contact with a VE.
He encouraged me to study for and take the general exam also.
Being thankful that these VE's do this for no pay I took his advice.
Got the books and studied.

After a few weeks I decided to order and read the Extra book.
Than was insane.

Kept reading, researching and taking practice exams.

Showed up at the exam and passed all three.

One of the VE's asked me what I did for a living.
I said I'm an MRI technologist and I also teach radiology physics.
I asked why do you want to know?
He said this is only the second time someone has passed all three exams in one sitting.

The big reason why I was able to pass all three is I studied my a$$ off for a solid four weeks.
It also helped that I have always been in a technical field.

Being a VE, I feel most don't pass all three at one sitting is because they don't try.
They will only study and prepare for one or maybe two exams and never even read about the extra exam.

Posted: 2/9/2018 1:33:58 PM EDT

[#6]

I just passed Tech and General at the first sitting because I did not know you could take all three at once. Did Extra a month later.

Posted: 2/9/2018 10:09:38 PM EDT

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Nice!

My club (HCARC) showed one of your videos on a fox hunt last week.
Interesting.

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Great, thanks for the info!

Posted: 2/9/2018 10:12:37 PM EDT

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It's not hard to memorize the question pools. I'm living proof

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For me too.

No, the Candidate was using all the tools: paper, slide rule (IIRC) non-programable calculator. He's the real deal.

Posted: 2/9/2018 10:14:26 PM EDT

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I think there are several Hams on this board that did Tech/Gen/Extra in one sitting - A Free Man might be one.

Congrats to the newly minted Extra!!! - get him on the air now guys!

(BTW I did it the hard way, Novice, Tech, Tech+, General, and then Extra. My memorization skills were never put to the all in one sitting challenge.)

73

Steve
K9ZW

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Yes his *Sponsor* / Elmer is taking care of that.

Posted: 2/9/2018 10:16:13 PM EDT

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I passed all three exams in one sitting a couple years back. I was rather spent afterwards. I shook a few hands, grabbed my paperwork and went home. It was a bit of a blur. I enjoy learning, and for the most part, I did my best to actually understand the material rather than just memorize the answers. Even so, I have since forgotten much of it.

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Learned the material for my Tech and General, memorized Extra ala: ham-cram.com

Posted: 2/9/2018 10:23:02 PM EDT

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A few years ago I got interested and was put in contact with a VE.
He encouraged me to study for and take the general exam also.
Being thankful that these VE's do this for no pay I took his advice.
Got the books and studied.

After a few weeks I decided to order and read the Extra book.
Than was insane.

Kept reading, researching and taking practice exams.

Showed up at the exam and passed all three.

One of the VE's asked me what I did for a living.
I said I'm an MRI technologist and I also teach radiology physics.
I asked why do you want to know?
He said this is only the second time someone has passed all three exams in one sitting.

The big reason why I was able to pass all three is I studied my a$$ off for a solid four weeks.
It also helped that I have always been in a technical field.

Being a VE, I feel most don't pass all three at one sitting is because they don't try.
They will only study and prepare for one or maybe two exams and never even read about the extra exam.

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Very true and good for you, I've found that most are intimidated to try. 6-7 months ago we had guy take his General first, pass, then Tech and pass. He studied in reverse order and his grades reflected same, with Pass/Fail that means nothing.

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I just passes Tech and General at the first sitting because I did not know you could take all three at once. Did Extra a month later.

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Very nice. If I may ask, what do you do for a living?

Posted: 2/9/2018 10:31:32 PM EDT

[#12]

I am a Telecom contractor.

Posted: 2/14/2018 5:59:35 PM EDT

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I am a Telecom contractor.

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From the PBX side into modern times?

Posted: 2/14/2018 7:55:49 PM EDT

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From the PBX side into modern times?

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Central Office, Cell Sites, and back to wireline Central Office and wireline remotes, the box on the side of the road. Pretty much everything Telecom except the customer prem and cable splicing. I am an old guy, 57.

Posted: 2/15/2018 2:30:33 PM EDT

[#15]

Did you play with Centrex in its day?

Posted: 2/15/2018 2:53:56 PM EDT

[#16]

Very little. You a Telecom guy also?

Posted: 2/16/2018 1:49:29 PM EDT

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Very little. You a Telecom guy also?

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No, I'm an IT Infrastructure Headhunter. I go back 4+ decades, so I've seen IT when it was called Data Processing, VoIP Hosted Services when it was called OR more likely resembled Centrex.

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