I got the "First Phone" about the same time, and about the same age. I was a
budding DJ, and there were AM stations with complex directional arrays which
would only hire night DJs with the First, because they'd be working alone in
the building and were required to have a First at the control point.
I still have that original certificate, with "CANCELLED" stamped across it, in
a little picture frame. You could ask to get them stamped and returned to you
when they expired, I suppose for just that purpose.
Someday I'll be asked, "Grandpa, what's that on your wall?"
"What's radio?"
;^)
Paul, AE4KR
----- Original Message -----
From: Ralph Mowery
To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 8:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: if you have a commercial licenses check
it on the fcc site
It was not worth much around 1971 or 72 when I passed the first class. I was
about 21 at the time. I had never seen a TV transmitter and only got to look
into a 1000 watt AM station control room and could see the tubes through a
glass window. Passed it the first time.
I only wanted the second class, but it only cost $ 1.00 more to take the
first class
