My Elmer gave me the Novice exam in 1961. Then a guy in a near-by town (I think he had to be an Extra) gave me the Conditional General test the next year. I don't remember taking a code test for that, but surely it was required???
Then in 1968, just before graduating from college, I figured I knew as much about electronics as I ever would (I was right about that), I took the Extra exam at a federal building in Jackson, MS. The examiner required me to pass, in sequence, all of the code speed tests. I got the impression he was expecting me to fail, but CW was my thing and I think I got 100% copy on all of them. I remember him looking up at me after grading the 20 wpm test and smiling. I was very proud of my Extra ticket. My call back then was WA5ALL. 73, Randy, KS4L > On Tue, 2012-08-28 at 14:03 -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > >> Novice testing by volunteers started around 1956 or so. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
