Anybody remember the Bash books?
-de John NI0K
Jim Campbell wrote on 4/28/2020 9:55 AM:
While in college, I co-oped with the FCC in Atlanta, GA. I had to take
and pass my Radiotelephone First and General class licenses before I
was allowed to administer those exams. If you did not pass a test you
had to wait 30 days before you could take it again. Some applicants
tried to game the system by memorizing as many questions as they could
when they first took the test so it would give them a leg up the next
time. On the second attempt there were usually howls of anguish when
they realized they were facing a different version of the test with
different questions.
73,
Jim - W4BQP
On 4/28/2020 10:17 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
As a 17 year old, I rode the train {pulled by a coal fired
locomotive} from Fulton, KY to Memphis, TN. I had to walk about 8
blocks to the Post Office building where the FCC administered the
tests. I took the 4 elements and passed all 4 of them earning me a
First Class Radio Telephone license on the first try. I recall many
much older folks seemingly to be struggling to take the tests. Some
commented "what's this kid doing in here?" Seems some had taken it
several times without success. I spent the night with an old maid
school teacher and relative in Memphis. I took my General class
license test the next morning in the same place. The CW receiving
portion, in the concrete basement with metal desks and metal chairs,
sounded like marbles being dropped into a galvanized wash tub. So
was that a T followed by an E or was that and H? Passed that one
too. Then I rode the bus from Memphis back to my home in Martin TN.
Yes there were several circuits to identify, and some to draw, as I
recall. That was 60 years ago. Glad I had the experiences.
73
Bob, K4TAX
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