Yesterday I played the role of an ARRL Volunteer Examiner (VE) at a ham radio testing session for the first time. I had a lot of fun, for two reasons. First, it's great to see people taking an interest in amateur radio and passing their licensing exams to become new hams. And second, the other VE's were very knowledgeable and more than happy to share their knowledge with the new guy -- very typical ham behavior, I hasten to add.
One interesting aspect of the whole thing is that we have to be very, very careful about everything we do as a VE team in a testing session. We want everything to be exactly right, so we triple-check everything. Which is good, because what I and the other VEs have at stake in the matter is our own amateur radio licenses.
Such a cool hobby, ham radio.
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