>   Re: Re: Wannbe HAM   
    >   By: Daryl Stout to Joe Delahaye on Mon Sep 26 2016 12:42:23   
    >   
    >DS> Twice, I've had a female candidate literally break down into tears. One   
    > of   
    >DS> the other VE's said "you are among friends". While we want them to pass   
    >DS> the exam, we want them to do it LEGALLY.   
    >   
    >DS> Amazingly, one examinee (who had let his license lapse) literally tried   
    > to   
    >DS> bribe us into certifying the exam fraudulently!! We obviously wouldn't   
    > do   
    >DS> it, and I reported the individual to the Volunteer Examiner   
    > Coordinator,   
    >DS> and they can turn it over to the FCC...who can just "ignore" the   
    >DS> Certificate Of Successful Completion Of Examination (CSCE), if they   
    > feel   
    >DS> the individual has   
    >DS> a "character issue".   
    >   
    >DS> We tell them that "if it takes you a dozen tries or more to pass the   
    > exam,   
    >DS> even if just barely...you have as much right to be on the air as   
    > someone   
    >DS> who aced it the first time. And, once you have your license and   
    > callsign,   
    >DS> it's nobody else's business what your score was, or how many times it   
    > took   
    >DS> you to pass the exam".   
    >   
    > This if true.  When they changed the rules, I happened to be stationed   
    > in our   
    > capital city of Ottawa, working at National Defence HQ.  The DOC (at the   
    > time)   
    > which is now Industry Canada, was almost around the corner from where I   
    > was   
    > living.  I had my license a week later    
    >   
    >   
    >DS> To that woman who failed, another VE said "the guy who graduates dead   
    > last   
    >DS> in medical school, with a D Minus, is STILL a DOCTOR"...to which I   
    > quipped   
    >DS> "But, I wouldn't want them doing a prostate check or a pelvic exam".   
    > She   
    >DS> crossed her legs, and everyone busted out laughing!! :D   
    >   
    >   
    > LOL   
    >   
    >   
    >   
    >DS>> One time, he made the mistake of asking for "testees" (instead of   
    >DS> The Volunteer Examiner (VE) Teams are usually all male, but I know a   
    > few   
    >DS> female VE's. The fact remains is that while amateur radio is a male   
    >DS> dominated hobby, the women "clean our clocks" when it comes to making   
    >DS> contacts. The   
    >DS> best example I heard of was the Radio Amateurs Club of Knoxville,   
    >DS> Tennessee; during Field Day Weekend. This female licensee (not sure if   
    > she   
    >DS> was single or married) had a sexy, sultry voice (whoo hoo!! (hi hi)),   
    > and   
    >DS> she said the phonetics of the club callsign, W4BBB, was "Women Four   
    > Big,   
    >DS> Blond, And Beautiful". The loggers almost couldn't keep up with the   
    >DS> contacts!! :)   
    >   
    >DS> Indeed, I think if you had a Field Day or Contest team with just women   
    >DS> at the mics and the men logging, it'd be "GAME OVER".   
    >   
    > There is another reason for that.  A woman's voice carries much better   
    >   
    >   
    >DS> JD@> I have heard of this happeneing more then once. It has over here   
    > as   
    >DS> JD@> well.   
    >   
    >DS> While they no longer have to do the Morse Code, studying over 1700   
    > total   
    >DS> questions for 3 exams for a possible 120, and passing all 3 exams, is   
    >DS> still quite an accomplishment.   
    >   
    > I'm not sure if you have to write both basic and advanced here, or just   
    > the   
    > advanced to get the advanced license.   
      
      
   Both, can be at the same time, though as long as Basic is done first.  Ditto   
   for CW.   
      
      
      
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