Harold, This is very encouraging news. I welcome (and encourage) contact from Debra, Dewey, Jeff, or anyone else that is involved with improving these materials. While I doubt we teach a whole lot more people than anyone else, we have between 100 and 150 students per year and we actively solicit feedback, so we hear a lot of comments on a variety of topics. The new tech license manual addressed (as far as I can tell) most of the issues with the old book, but there is always room for improvement. I hope that we can work on a meaningful "new ham" primer. Something that is not simply an advertising vehicle for radios that most new hams simply wouldn't buy. Our club teaches "new hams" information and skill classes as a solution to the problem of lack of information targeted at new hams with less that a deep technical background. There is a significant vacuum there and I continue to be amazed at the lack of serious effort by anyone to fill that market demand. In any event, I am pleased to hear about this and look forward to contact from the HQ staff working this area. 73, Grant Hopper KB7WSD Northwestern Division Vice Director -----Original Message----- From: Kramer, Harold, WJ1B [mailto:wj1b@arrl.org] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 12:22 PM To: arrl-odv Cc: Johnson, Debra, K1DMJ Subject: Instructor's Manual Hi Grant et al, Thanks for the feedback. We appreciate the nice words about the new Tech Q & A book. We also introduced the new Practice Exam Software in this edition. We are all pleased with that product and we believe that it will make a real difference in exam preparation of our members. [snip] Since we will have an established author and a published model/template to follow for subsequent editions of the Instructors Manual, we should be able to get future editions out the door quicker than this one. 73, Harold Harold Kramer, WJ1B Chief Operating Officer ARRL -the national association for Amateur Radio 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 (860) 594 -0220