I took my First Phone exam at the Seattle FCC office in the early 70's. You had to pass the elements for the 2nd before they would administer the first class elements. I distinctly remember a schematic of a mobile power supply with various questions on the test I had.
The thread reminded me that a bunch of students from a local broadcast school came in just before we started and announced that they were there to take "the test". The proctor asked "which test?" and they immediately went in to panic mode. After several phone calls they determined it was the 3rd class radiotelephone. ;-) de K7KG > The time of which sI peak 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 puck...@seanet.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
