"Steve Bonine" wrote ... > I found that I could cover two of the sub-elements from the pool in a bit > over two hours and had time to present general background information and > also go over the specific pool questions. > > I was reasonably satisfied with how the presentation broke out in terms of > covering concepts and reviewing specific pool questions. We had time to > do both, and I felt that both were valuable to the students. Thanks for the followup report. Do you have an outline or teacher's notes that you could share with others who want to do a similar project?

In article <13lapcvertvbacf@news.supernews.com>, Steve Bonine <spb@pobox.com> wrote: >The class consisted of six sessions held on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so This also works as a weekend -- Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, testing on Sunday, for people who can be motivated enough to read the ARRL book outside class. >Here's the real shocker for me: The VE team mailed the package back to >the ARRL on Friday (11/30). The calls were in the FCC database >yesterday (12/3). The ARRL couldn't have received the forms before >yesterday, so that means that on the same day that the paperwork reached >the ARRL the calls were issued. The ARRL uploads into the FCC database directly, which assigns the calls. Laurel VEC, which does Hamvention in Dayton, posts the calls of people who take the test Friday ON SATURDAY. I asked how they do this, was told Laurel gives the Dayton VE team authority to upload data themselves. Sweet. The database is offline on the weekend, so Saturday testees have to wait until Monday. ARRL VEC side of operations has their heads on straight. Now if they gave tests for free and let their VE teams upload ...