Yes, and they changed the questions often to try to put him out of business. Now they just publish them themselves.
On Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 10:32 John Simmons <jasimm...@pinewooddata.com> wrote: > 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 > >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to jasimm...@pinewooddata.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to jimk...@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com