I took the commercial tests in '69. I seem to recall having to learn the various oscillator circuits. I was an ATN2 on night check in VA-125 in Lemoore, CA. The night check AT shop Chief wanted to get his 2nd class Radiotelephone so he could work on aircraft electronics when he retired, so he had the whole night check shop studying. I'd been doing electronics and radio for a number of years, so I was teaching everyone. A bunch of us went up to Fresno for the exam and I was the first one done. I was also the only one who got a 1st Radiotelephone, the rest got 3rd at best, even the Chief. I managed to pick up a broadcast endorsement in SC after I got out, and then many years later when I started sailing on tall ships, I heard about GMDSS, so studied that and added GMDSS Operator/Maintainer with a Radar endorsement on top of the GROL that my 1st had turned into. It turns out, for international compliance, the USCG required a STCW-approved course to add GMDSS to my Merchant Mariners Credential, so I had to do a 10-day course, with practical evaluations, and essay questions! So I did that, arguing with the instructor the whole time, simce I gave correct answers, but not what he expected. The other three people in the course dropped out quickly- their company had sent them, but they actually didn't need it on their MMC. 73, doug ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected]
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