Could you give a little more info on your foam tape suggestion.
I have noticed some vibrations with my K1 when a loud station is heard.
Where exactly do you put the tape?
How thick of a tape did you use?
Thanks so much for the help.
Stan AE7UT
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On 8/27/2012 8:04 PM, Mike Morrow wrote:
I didn't realize that Novice exams were ever given at an FCC office,
nor Technician exams either,
Yep, *all* exams were before an FCC Examiner except the Conditional
which was a General administered by others if you were too far from the
FCC office.
Fred, you forgot the step between passing the received code test and the
written test: a sending test. When I upgraded from Novice to General in 1953
at that same office, one of the applicants passed on receiving but failed at
sending. He was so nervous that his fist was just too shaky to
On 8/28/2012 2:03 PM, Bob Nielsen wrote:
Fred, you forgot the step between passing the received code test and
the written test: a sending test. When I upgraded from Novice to
General in 1953 at that same office, one of the applicants passed on
receiving but failed at sending. He was so
On Tue, 2012-08-28 at 14:03 -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote:
Novice testing by volunteers started around 1956 or so.
I actually took the Novice exam in an FCC office in 1968. I lived in
Gettysburg, where the FCC's amateur licensing office was. Probably it
was an informal arrangement with the local
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On Tue, 2012-08-28 at 14:03 -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote:
Novice testing by volunteers started around 1956 or so.
I actually took the Novice exam in an FCC office in 1968. I lived in
Gettysburg
My Elmer gave me the Novice exam in 1961. Then a guy in a near-by town (I think
he had to be an Extra) gave me the Conditional General test the next year. I
don't remember taking a code test for that, but surely it was required???
Then in 1968, just before graduating from college, I figured I
I was out of Ham Radio since the late 1960's getting my license back as an
extra class guy one of the last to get the extra when you still had to pass
with the 20 wpm test about 10-15 years ago, although frankly I would have made
the test alot more difficult as I can remember sitting before
Assuming you have made your own decisions about which band boards are
important to0 you, the only other decisions are on the VFO rqnge your
preferred sidetone pitch and the
On 8/27/2012 8:49 PM, Jim Hahn wrote:
I was out of Ham Radio since the late 1960's getting my license back as an
extra
Welcome back! I remember my HW-16 fondly, and I came back to the hobby after a
multi-year hiatus as well. I also remember that CW test at the FCC office as a
teenager.
I would only suggest that you take your time and really savor the build. There
are a number of accessories available, but you
Jim wrote:
I was out of Ham Radio since the late 1960's getting my license
back as an extra class guy one of the last to get the extra when
you still had to pass with the 20 wpm test about 10-15 years ago,
although frankly I would have made the test alot more difficult
as I can remember
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