I guess a lot of us took the Commercial Radiotelephone License.
I got my Novice and Technician License by my mentor. That was the
General Class written exam back then. Tried several times to pass my
General CW test at the Detroit FCC office (we lived 70-miles away so
not qualified for a Conditional). By 1962 I was an EE student in
college with no time for upgrading (or any ham radio).
In 1971 I was laid off from Hughes Aircraft along with thousands of
other engineers so my job prospects were bleak. I decided to take my
2nd Class license to qualify for work for radio or TV broadcast. The
theory exam was twice as tough as the Extra in my opinion.
In 1982, I found a job working in marine electronics so pricked up
the Radar Endorsement. I also passed my Advanced in 1982 at the
Anchorage FCC. CW test had been downgraded to a multiple question
exam about plain language text message vs the five mixed character
groups back in Detroit. Yeah those Detroit FCC guys could have
passed as FBI guys.
In 1983 my 2nd class finally netted me a job as engineer for KYUK-TV
in Bethel, AK (I flew out to into the bush to repair the TV
translator network).
Wasn't until 2000 did I pass the Extra (downgraded to 13wpm). Missed
two questions on the written exam (because I knew more than the test
designers and many of the answers were incorrect).
73, Ed - KL7UW
http://www.kl7uw.com
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