I would like to wish the Membership a very Happy Christmas from London and
ofcourse a Happy and prosperous New Year. May I take this opportunity to thank
everyone for their help and for the hours of happy reading of postings within
the forum.
Best 73 and Good DX
Mike Giddings G3XLB
I have to figure out why I've started spelling publicly as
publically. Annoying! Merry Christmas all.
73, Joe KQ3F
At 06:25 AM 12/24/2006 -0500, Joe Stepansky wrote:
At 10:05 PM 12/23/2006 -0500, lmecseri -KE1F wrote:
Guys,
To get my Extra, I had to demonstrate my CW sending skill in
Hi Lou-
Yes, I know who you are talking about. The old buzzard must have been there for
ages, I'm just about 61 now. I had to take my general/advanced in NYC in the
70's. I think everyone was scared of the old guy. But he was fair and accurate.
Saw him fail a priest on my visit.
73
Bill
Lou and Bill.I think that the FCC in those days hand picked the
examiners.they were usually unsmiling and quite menacing to the young
applicants.
Most of the time the field office was a smelly, musty space; many cigarette
smokers at that time.
I dont think any of those things worked
That was Dave Plotkin I believe.
Norm Gertz wrote:
Lou and Bill.I think that the FCC in those days hand picked the examiners.they were usually unsmiling and quite menacing to the young applicants.
Most of the time the field office was a smelly, musty space; many cigarette smokers at
Correction that was David Popkin.
Norm Gertz wrote:
Lou and Bill.I think that the FCC in those days hand picked the examiners.they were usually unsmiling and quite menacing to the young applicants.
Most of the time the field office was a smelly, musty space; many cigarette smokers at
I remember him, too. I took my Extra in 1972. CW was a breeze as I was
already a QRQ guy and after grading the written he just looked up and
congratulated me. Maybe he was pleasant cuz I was only 15.
Barry W2UP
Larry Alkoff wrote:
Correction that was David Popkin.
Norm Gertz wrote:
Lou
Of Popkingram fame (or infamy)?
If you're a stamp collector, he's almost worth getting an OO notice from...
he uses stamps I haven't seen in circulation in 35-40 years!
I took my Extra before the FCC in Huntington, WV; ironically, this was the
next-to-last exam in the region (there was
Remember the Federal Building in Chicago very well. The FCC examiner was a
slight guy with those round glasses that he could barely see through.
Sending and receiving was required then. My first sending test was with the
FCC's bug which promptly fell apart as I started.
The examiner then
Thanks all for your stories. Sounds like we all had similar feelings when going
for the upgrade. Great hobby that will be with us for for ever.
73;
Bill W2PKY
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