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|    Mike Miller to Nigel Reed    |
|    How do you study for extra?    |
|    23 Feb 24 10:49:30    |
      MSGID: 1:154/30 65d8cd49       REPLY: 3352.fido_ham@1:124/5016 2a397f89       TID: SBBSecho 3.20-Linux ensemble2/240c97652 Feb 8 2024 GCC 11.2.1       BBSID: ENSEMBLE       CHRS: CP850 2       TZUTC: -0600       CHRS: ASCII 1              Hello Nigel!              19 Feb 24 23:45, you wrote to all:               NR> Hi all,               NR> I am wanting to get my extra ham licence and just have a complete        NR> mental roadblock when it comes to studying.               NR> As with the other ham tests. The question is, why do I have to        NR> remember complicated rules, formulas and equations. All the answers        NR> are need are right here in this study book. I can go online and look        NR> up any laws and forumlas I need. I'm not going to go up on a roof,        NR> construct an antenna and then wonder how can my lineraly polarized        NR> Yari antennas be used to produce circular polarization.               NR> My brain wont take it because my brain knows it's all written down for        NR> me to refer to when I need it.               NR> How do you, or did you get over that hump?                      I have a similar issue. Right now I have a fair amount of the q       estions/answers memorized from the Extra pool, but I need to buckle down and       learn the rest of it before they switch over to the new question pool July 1.                     Let me know if you come up with a solution other than "Buckle down and       study", because my ADHD-addled brain might just force my body to run off the       nearest cliff if i keep this up. :)              Mike                     ... I forget what I should say, I forget what I should do.       === GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20231112       --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux        * Origin: War Ensemble - warensemble.com - Appleton, WI (1:154/30)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 15/0 16/0 18/200 19/37 90/1 105/81 106/201 120/616 123/10       SEEN-BY: 123/130 128/260 129/305 135/225 142/104 926 153/757 7715       SEEN-BY: 154/0 10 30 40 50 700 203/0 218/700 840 220/90 221/1 6 360       SEEN-BY: 226/18 30 70 227/114 229/110 111 112 113 200 206 307 312       SEEN-BY: 229/317 400 426 428 470 664 700 240/5832 266/512 280/5003       SEEN-BY: 282/1038 291/111 292/854 301/1 320/119 219 319 2119 322/757       SEEN-BY: 325/304 326/101 335/364 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 423/81       SEEN-BY: 460/58 633/280 712/848 2320/105 3634/12 5020/400 5075/35       PATH: 154/30 10 221/6 1 320/219 229/426           |
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