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Re: Standard License

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robbage wrote:I just passed the Standard and Advanced practice exams Martin posted without swatting up first, so I'm pretty chuffed with myself at the moment.
Keep in mind there are 1000 + questions in the data bank for each exam.
I didn't get any of those practice questions in my advanced exam.


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VK6ZMS wrote:If you are not into electronics as a hobby or profession I would do the standard course first.
As I said earlier advanced is more complex.
I am most definitely not, but Zignig most definitely is - so it sounds like we're making the (hopefully) right choices :)

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Re: Standard License

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VK6ZMS wrote:If you are not into electronics as a hobby or profession I would do the standard course first.
As I said earlier advanced is more complex.
Agreed
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Re: Standard License

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meg wrote:For myself, I reckon I'm going to stop at Standard for a while...
VK6ZMS wrote:If you are not into electronics as a hobby or profession I would do the standard course first.
As I said earlier advanced is more complex.
Although I did find that once I'd got standard under my belt, the work to go further into advanced didn't seem quite as daunting as it originally did :)
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Zebedee wrote: Although I did find that once I'd got standard under my belt, the work to go further into advanced didn't seem quite as daunting as it originally did :)
Perhaps I'll change my mind, but I suspect I have enough on my plate for this year at the moment... I do also have to become the next Jimi Hendrix :lol:

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