Realizing that this is off topic and will end soon. . .
1969 was my first year on the air (19 years old) (BTW: I'm 60 today, March 30), and had to get a First Class Phone Ticket. It expired in the files during my career at Motorola because we didn't post them on the wall. Feeling bad, I retook the test in 2001 and got the General Radio Operators License. I couldn't believe it. Some of the same questions were on there - like Grid Dip Meter questions! Kids today would say a "grid dip what?" Does that come with chips? Bill Hudson W6CBS _____ From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:repeater-buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Plack Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 11:10 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: if you have a commercial licenses check it on the fcc site 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 <mailto:ku...@yahoo.com> To: Repeater-Builder@ <mailto:Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> 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
