I got my Novice in 1972 in Boise Idaho. I don’t remember if there was an FCC office there. Would they have gone to other cities to administer exams, or did they have VE’s by then? My dad and I both tested together. Mike AI4NS
On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 12:49 Jim Campbell <j...@w4bqp.net> wrote: > The time of which I speak was in the mid-1950s. As I vaguely remember > there was study material that prepared you to be a knowledgeable ham. > There was also a big book that prepared you technically to be a radio > station engineer. At a later time there was a one-day cram course to > prepare you for the exam for first phone. Before my time if you had a > radiotelephone certificate you had to have a certain amount of > experience working at a commercial station in order to renew your license. > > 73, > > Jim - W4BQP > > On 4/28/2020 11:31 AM, John Simmons wrote: > > Anybody remember the Bash books? > > > > -de John NI0K > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to ai4ns.m...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com