http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/ ScoutRadio Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:23:15 GMT Kymm Balinth-Regan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3563 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3563 As of last Thursday National in Texas stated this was still just a proposal on the table....They will let us know when or if they follow through....The person Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:42:01 GMT kd4gcf http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3562 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3562 Hello All, There is a rate reuirement(reference requirement 1) for Morse for send and receive. 35 letters per minute with a sound device. Require 2 has a rate Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:03:26 GMT David Ritchie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3561 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3561 ... Sorry, misrecalled the semaphore requirements... 20 characters/minute is the actually and is a bit more reasonable. Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:49:16 GMT Bill Stewart http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3560 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3560 Folks, If it's anything like the old First Class signaling requirement, I think there was no speed requirement. You just had to know Morse. YiS Bill Stewart Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:42:09 GMT David Ritchie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3559 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3559 I am just curious - why 35 characters per minute? This translates to 7 WPM, and most practice tapes etc. are geared to the 5 WPM rate formerly used for amateur Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:16:47 GMT wb2boo http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3558 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3558 ... More correctly it's just on hold for a short while along with the other historic merit badges as they finalize the requirements for the badges. Most have Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:42:56 GMT Elden Morris http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3557 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3557 There is no url for the Power Point Presentation. I purchased The ARRL Instructor's Manual for Technician and General License Courses -- 4th Edition from the Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:41:41 GMT Steven Read (ab9ol) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3556 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3556 Thanks very much. Podcasts were not something I had considered it is getting late and we have bad weather coming so I have to get up extra early for the Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:35:35 GMT Steven Read (ab9ol) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3555 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3555 There are a couple of cub scouts working towards their tech license. It sounds like one option would be have this person wait until they get their tech license Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:32:30 GMT Steven Read (ab9ol) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3554 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3554 May I please have the URL for the Power Point presentation? ... -- Steven Read - ab9ol - (em79jt) Dublin, IN Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:30:20 GMT Steven Read (ab9ol) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3553 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3553 Mark, I am replying to you off list because there are some additional wrinkles that I do not wish to mention here. If you do not receive my reply let me know. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:05:33 GMT Elden Morris http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3552 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3552 I teach a Technician Class a couple times per year  but in preparing for that, I went to a neighboring radio club that was teaching a General Class to see how Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:20:43 GMT n5dgh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3551 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3551 When my wife upgraded last year, our club divied up some seven sessions based on the ARRL General upgrade manual. [She and our 11 year old daughter had Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:12:35 GMT Mark Phillips http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3550 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3550 Going to your local testing session would be a good start :} Seriously, I think at that age unless the child is a genius the best way would be to rehearse the Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:20:54 GMT nv7v http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3549 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScoutRadio/message/3549 ... It is pretty much a consensus among those who have self-studied, and my experience teaching classes, it is best to study just the question and the correct