I didn’t know about Dick Bash’s “The Final Exam” series at the time, but they are in The Internet Archive. If you have a question about what was on the exam in 1981, these probably have the answer.
https://archive.org/search.php?query=final%20exam%20bash There are other license manuals there, too, from ARRL, Ameco, and Gordon West. The 1933 ARRL manual is the earliest. https://archive.org/search.php?query=amateur%20license%20manual wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Apr 28, 2020, at 8:31 AM, 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 wun...@wunderwood.org ______________________________________________________________ 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
