Any General Class ham could administer the Novice test. The FCC field
offices initially administered the testing, but some time in the mid-50s
it was given over to volunteer hams. It could be anyone you could dig up
to sign the paperwork. There were no designated VEs at the time.
I don't remember the details, but for those who could not go to an FCC
field office for the General (disability, too far, etc.), they could get
a waiver and get a Conditional License. That was also administered by a
local ham, but it might have required more than one to sign off. Same
privileges as a General Class. There might have been some limitations on
renewals, but I don't remember them.
Eric KE6US
On 4/28/2020 11:35 AM, Mike Short wrote:
I got my Novice in 1972 in Boise Idaho. I don’t remember if there was an
FCC office there. Would they have gone to other cities to administer exams,
or did they have VE’s by then? My dad and I both tested together.
Mike
AI4NS
On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 12:49 Jim Campbell <[email protected]> wrote:
The time of which I speak was in the mid-1950s. As I vaguely remember
there was study material that prepared you to be a knowledgeable ham.
There was also a big book that prepared you technically to be a radio
station engineer. At a later time there was a one-day cram course to
prepare you for the exam for first phone. Before my time if you had a
radiotelephone certificate you had to have a certain amount of
experience working at a commercial station in order to renew your license.
73,
Jim - W4BQP
On 4/28/2020 11:31 AM, John Simmons wrote:
Anybody remember the Bash books?
-de John NI0K
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