Took novice mail exam 1959, Kn1LHN in Vermont Could not do 13 so got tech license. Tried repeatedly to make 13 until 1975. FCC made agreement with civil service for them to do testing. I was in Youngstown TV chief. Took test every other month maybe 4 times. Federal building high ceiling cassette tape playing code. Had to copy one minute without error. Finally examiner said I passed. Almost cried. So did I really pass it or did he feel sorry for me? Those of us with attention issues have a lot of trouble copying code. Yes I know the code just can’t copy more then a few words Ray W8LYJ
Sent from my iPhone > On May 1, 2020, at 18:33, Bill Frantz <fra...@pwpconsult.com> wrote: > > I do remember sometime spring/summer/autumn of 1960 getting on the Long > Island Railroad, riding into New York, and then taking the subway much > further south than I had ever been before. I walked into the office and was > greeted by a gruff examiner who gave me the tests. I managed to pass both the > 5 WPM and the novice written and ended up as WV2NOO. Oh, and the gruff > examiner congratulated me on passing. > > 73 Bill AE6JV > >> On 5/1/20 at 1:42 PM, k2...@kanafi.org (Phil Kane) wrote: >> >> Paraphrasing what one of my mentors once said "do not attribute evil >> motives on the part of the examiner to the shortcomings on the part of >> the examinee". Being scared of the examiner was one of the rites of >> passage that really had no foundation in reality. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Bill Frantz | Can't fix stupid, but | Periwinkle > (408)348-7900 | duct tape can muffle the| 150 Rivermead Road #235 > www.pwpconsult.com | sound... - Bill Liebman | Peterborough, NY 03458 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 anyone1...@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
