John,
How well I remember that gentleman...
It was a mister Cline.......I had several commercial broadcast inspections
from him over the years.
There was a little gray haired lady across from the Federal building that
would notorize the application for 50 cents..
CUL,
Bob
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Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Average OP Age
Hi Bob,
Yeah, I sure do remember the FCC examiners. I took all my exams except
the
extra at the FCC offices.
I'll never forget my first experience with my Novice ticket. I had juat
learned the code and really wasn;t solid at 5WPM, but my dad was going to
Atlanta
on business and I asked if I could go along and take the test. I lived in
Asheville, NC at that time and Atlanta was the nearest examining point
unless one
wanted to go to a quarterly examing point, the closest being Knoxville,
TN. I
had just missed one there.
In any event, I went into the exam room and they started sending code and
I
started copying. I was doing really well until I made a fatal mistake. I
looked up and there, glaring at me through coke bottle thick glasses was
the
examinar. He was about 5 feet tall and had a moustache and of course
those
glasses! I froze solid and could not copy another letter. I"ll never
forget those
words he said after he checked my paper. "Come back and see me in 30
days!" I
did and the next time I passed with flying colors, copying all 5 minutes
solid
without a single miss. This time I didn't look at him until I was
finished,
but when he checked my copy, he smiled at me! SAweet revenge.
73,
John, W4AWM
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