I suspect that the FCC office could always give the novice test, but didn't have many takers when you could get the test from a volunteer in the comfort of his or your home. Everyone knows that the examiners would kill you and eat you if you failed their test. That is why there was so much fear of the office! At least it seemed that way from the fear shown by otherwise grown men. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart
________________________________ From: Alan Bloom <n...@sonic.net> To: Bob Nielsen <n...@clearwire.net> Cc: Elecraft List <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K-1 4-bander suggestions? 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 ham club. Alan N1AL ______________________________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
