I took my Novice exam in late 1952 and General in early '53 in NYC. The descriptions of the venue are certainly accurate! The exams I remember did either require drawing circuits or "fixing" pre-drawn ones. Fortunately the code was never a problem for me and I was even congratulated, although grudgingly, for perfect 5 min copy by "He Who Was the FCC God". I took my Extra, 2nd telegraph and first 'phone in St. Louis on one of the visits from the KC office. CW still my favorite mode and if they ever should decide to "shut it down" they'll have to pry my key from my cold dead hands, to paraphrase some other zealot.
Doug W6JD -------------- Original message -------------- From: Vic K2VCO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Doug Smith wrote: > > > The first time I took the 2nd Telegraph my steely eyed examiner was a > > very nice woman (Seattle office). I showed up to take the exam with an > > electronic keyer and she laughed at me and said I could set that aside > > and use their hand key if I wanted to take the exam. > > I've told this story before, but it's worth repeating. I took my extra > in New York, with the famous examiner (his name was 'Finkelstein' or > similar) who had a cigar permanently attached to his mouth. > > I took the 20 wpm cw test in a big room, filled mostly with applicants > for commercial tickets. I brought my elaborate homebrew keyer (multiple > 6SN7's). He let me use it, but after he had heard enough he sneaked > around behind me and pulled the plug. Luckily I was too young to have a > heart attack. > -- > 73, > Vic, K2VCO > Fresno CA > http://www.qsl.net/k2vco > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
