KF3EG
05-23-2005, 09:33 PM
I understand why N5JOB feels the way he does, but I don't agree with him on the point of sending in his ticket.
# JOB you lose, your cutting off your nose to spite your face.
# In the mid 90's I went to a local club and took the test to upgrade to Extra, I passed the test no problem and received a cscc.
# Two days later I got a phone call that my paper work was lost and my upgrade was no good. I went to a club meeting to find out what happened and found out my paper work was the only papers lost.
# #Mad hell yes, FCC would not do squat about it,ARRL will take money for dues, but don't ask them to look into a problem like this.
# #Just last year I found out that one of the VE's pitched my paper work because years before I asked his son to curb is fowl language at a field day event and young children and women were close by.
# #So after finding out what happened and this person is no longer involved with this club I decide to get a current book and take the test again.
# #I encountered 2 people that should not give a test, doubt if they could pass it themselves, I heard so much BS that I could not believe what I was hearing.
# #These people were just plain and simple ripping off new people, the class they held was the biggest joke I ever saw, Lab fees for things they never got and what these new people were taught was pure BS, a monkey on prozac could have taught newbies better.
# #My point is the VE system sucks, atleast around here. If you know someone you get a test a dead fish could pass, if your liked you got your ticket no matter what you do on a test, if you are disliked you fail or papers are lost or pitched even if you got 100% on the test.
# #Did I mention both of these people have spent time in the rubber room if you get my drift, not rumor, pure fact. and these are the people signing off on licenses.
# #I saw with my own eys, the son of a VE fail and then a group talk in back of the room, the same kid taken into a room with 1 VE and came out with a Novice ticket, he could not copy any CW nor did he know most of what was on the test, amazing what taking a test in a room does for you.
# #The system is screwed, but in spite of that I would not and am not going to give up my ticket. Some day #some time down the road I figure I will do my upgrade to Extra, but until then it will be a cold day in hell before I give up my ticket because of a bunch of idiots.
73
Have a nice day
# JOB you lose, your cutting off your nose to spite your face.
# In the mid 90's I went to a local club and took the test to upgrade to Extra, I passed the test no problem and received a cscc.
# Two days later I got a phone call that my paper work was lost and my upgrade was no good. I went to a club meeting to find out what happened and found out my paper work was the only papers lost.
# #Mad hell yes, FCC would not do squat about it,ARRL will take money for dues, but don't ask them to look into a problem like this.
# #Just last year I found out that one of the VE's pitched my paper work because years before I asked his son to curb is fowl language at a field day event and young children and women were close by.
# #So after finding out what happened and this person is no longer involved with this club I decide to get a current book and take the test again.
# #I encountered 2 people that should not give a test, doubt if they could pass it themselves, I heard so much BS that I could not believe what I was hearing.
# #These people were just plain and simple ripping off new people, the class they held was the biggest joke I ever saw, Lab fees for things they never got and what these new people were taught was pure BS, a monkey on prozac could have taught newbies better.
# #My point is the VE system sucks, atleast around here. If you know someone you get a test a dead fish could pass, if your liked you got your ticket no matter what you do on a test, if you are disliked you fail or papers are lost or pitched even if you got 100% on the test.
# #Did I mention both of these people have spent time in the rubber room if you get my drift, not rumor, pure fact. and these are the people signing off on licenses.
# #I saw with my own eys, the son of a VE fail and then a group talk in back of the room, the same kid taken into a room with 1 VE and came out with a Novice ticket, he could not copy any CW nor did he know most of what was on the test, amazing what taking a test in a room does for you.
# #The system is screwed, but in spite of that I would not and am not going to give up my ticket. Some day #some time down the road I figure I will do my upgrade to Extra, but until then it will be a cold day in hell before I give up my ticket because of a bunch of idiots.
73
Have a nice day