Years ago, Chuck Bender W1WPR, chief operator at W1AW, was giving the Novice exam to young Jamie White, son of a couple HQ staffers. He didn't want to make the 5 wpm CW test too easy for fear of being accused of going easy on the ARRL kid. The text included:
"McKeesport is situated at the confluence of the Youghiogheny and the Monongahela." I believe Jamie got 100%. Alan N1AL On Thu, 2011-06-30 at 15:32 -0500, Tony Estep wrote: > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Chuck Smallhouse <w...@theriver.com> wrote: > > > ...ended up taking the CW test three times.... > > > Ah, the CW test. I still remember the beginning of the text from my General > exam in 1958: "Turning westward, 300 aircraft blanketed the horizon..." > > Tony KT0NY ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
