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Thanks!!!VK6ZMS wrote:Well done Doug !!! =D>
My brain hurts though - the exam was pretty challenging, especially in the way they asked the questions. The stuff you think you know, you end up questioning whether you really DO know it or not ...
But, I'm glad it's all over and done with
Just have to wait for the WIA and ACMA to do their thing now and process the paperwork Doug Bell (Zebedee) VK6DB
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good work mate.
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Like YOU had any doubts??? I was too sick with worry to even have anything to eat beforehandrobbage wrote:Pfftt like we had any doubts
Good stuff Doug. Anybody else we know that passed?
I believe they'll announce the passes on this Sunday's WIA news...
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yeah I thought a lawyer had written my paper, I walked out thinking I had failed but got about 80%Zebedee wrote:Thanks!!!VK6ZMS wrote:Well done Doug !!! =D>
My brain hurts though - the exam was pretty challenging, especially in the way they asked the questions. The stuff you think you know, you end up questioning whether you really DO know it or not ...
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Hmmmmm that figure sounds remarkably familiarVK6ZMS wrote:yeah I thought a lawyer had written my paper, I walked out thinking I had failed but got about 80%
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I would ...WPXZBP wrote:Well done Doug. Not getting a 2 letter call eh?
But 2-letter calls still aren't being issued yet. Supposedly sometime in the new year the WIA will be taking over the callsign allocation as part of their arrangement with ACMA, but until that happens, 2-letter calls aren't available
Ref: http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2 ... /index.php
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Well done Zeb on getting the upgrade! Not too bad at all for a bloke who procrastinated for how many years to get his AR licence...? 
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Ummmmm, no you must be thinking of someone entirely different. ME??? Procrastinate???vk6jrc wrote:Well done Zeb on getting the upgrade! Not too bad at all for a bloke who procrastinated for how many years to get his AR licence...?
Let's see, when did we start all this nonsense all the way back on Austnet? Must be getting on for 10 years or something now
So about that long!Doug Bell (Zebedee) VK6DB
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Top effort mate Well Done! 
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Zebedee
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Cheers!slipknot wrote:Top effort mate Well Done!
So ... who else do we have to pick on now to either get an F-call, or upgrade to the next level???
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VK6HGR...!slipknot wrote:So ... who else do we have to pick on now to either get an F-call, or upgrade to the next level???
After all he is the one that got you started and it is the least you could do to repay him!-
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Consider me "picked on" - I'm already enrolled for Feb for the Standard course...Zebedee wrote: So ... who else do we have to pick on now to either get an F-call, or upgrade to the next level???
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