Bass Pro Shops Meet & Greet and Test Session (Mar 19, 2011)

[OLLIE]

Thanks for letting us come out and set up with you guys. And, thanks for the good weather.

Harry & Helen Baker, Steve Gardiner, Erik Schreiner
Cal 4 Wheel

Thanks for coming out and setting up a booth. Hopefully we can do it again sometime.

[DaveK]

By all accounts, our Amateur Radio testing was the most successful we have had to date. Congratulations to all the new hams and those who upgraded. Here are the final numbers:

19 tests given
18 people tested (we had one re-do on the test)
16 passed

3 new extras
6 new generals
7 new techs

One of the hardest jobs was staying in the testing room knowing that the toy store was mere feet away. We will be doing our next testing session at Summer Fest - details coming soon.

Thanks to our VEs and to the Bass Pro Shops for allowing us to use their facilities. Thanks also to all who helped to make this a great event.

[DaveK]

Thanks for letting us come out and set up with you guys. And, thanks for the good weather.

Harry & Helen Baker, Steve Gardiner, Erik Schreiner
Cal 4 Wheel

Eric:

Thanks for joining us. We look forward to seeing you at Summer Fest and Borrego Fest.

[xtatik]

By all accounts, our Amateur Radio testing was the most successful we have had to date. Congratulations to all the new hams and those who upgraded. Here are the final numbers:

19 tests given
18 people tested (we had one re-do on the test)
16 passed

3 new extras
6 new generals
7 new techs

One of the hardest jobs was staying in the testing room knowing that the toy store was mere feet away. We will be doing our next testing session at Summer Fest - details coming soon.

Thanks to our VEs and to the Bass Pro Shops for allowing us to use their facilities. Thanks also to all who helped to make this a great event.

What's most notable to me is the breakdown in license classes being tested for...Aside from the Extras, there were nearly as many General class as Tech class.

[salad_man]

Awesome seeing you guys out there, time to hit the trails together nowe

[hmfigueroa]

What's most notable to me is the breakdown in license classes being tested for...Aside from the Extras, there were nearly as many General class as Tech class.

My guess it was the forthcoming change in the General class question pool.

[cruiserlarry]

I had a great time Saturday at the M&G - the weather held out for us, we had a huge variety of display vehicles with different configurations of off-road and communications equipment, and there were plenty of folks cruising through, asking questions about OAUSA, amateur radio, and the vehicles being shown.

On the testing side, it was quite a success, IMO. 16 new licenses achieved in a single test session - there are plenty of amateur radio clubs that aren't able to accomplish that in a year !!! Thanks to Hector for taking charge and getting the paperwork ordered and organized, both before and after the test (and there's plenty of paperwork - FCC is a government entity ), and thanks to our other VEs - Dave and Ollie.

If we keep testing at this level, the FCC might have to issue OAUSA it's own prefix

Thank you to everyone who came down, whether to display, test, or just to say hi

[ssc]

I got there a bit late. Someone told me that Ollie and Larry had gone in for lunch. Seemed to be quite a few folks looking about.

Cheers, Steve

[xtatik]

What's most notable to me is the breakdown in license classes being tested for...Aside from the Extras, there were nearly as many General class as Tech class.

My guess it was the forthcoming change in the General class question pool.

Yeah, you may have something there.....I kinda' hope not. It'd be nice to think they'll show up for your sessions consistently. I don't think the newer test will be tougher, just different.

[OLLIE]

I got there a bit late. Someone told me that Ollie and Larry had gone in for lunch. Seemed to be quite a few folks looking about.

Cheers, Steve

You were there??? I didn't even hear that. Wish we could have chatted for a bit.