I had several "ship inspections" in Mobile, Ala with Amgelo Ditty doing the
inspections! He doesn't overlook anything!
I remember years ago when one "Jerry Freeman" came to the New Orleans FCC
office and played havoc with the CB'ers and a few hams in the area. He
liked to brag about his "Johnson Desk" at the time. He moved eventually to
Norfolk, VA and I heard sat behind his big desk wearing his
revolver"because he could!"
Quite a character. He is SK now.
I used to see Leroy "Bud" Hall on most of the Ship Inspections I did in New
Orleans, but haven't seen him in years. I don't know if he is retired or
still at the New Orleans office.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Phil Kane"
To: "Stephen W. Kercel"
Cc:
Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 5:24 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] FCC Memories [was: Attitudes]
> On 5/9/2009 1:35 PM, Stephen W. Kercel wrote:
>
>> Despite having passed the commercial Second Class CW back when
>> you still had to draw schematics, the Amateur Extra back when
>> there were both code receiving and sending tests (back in the
>> day, if you took the test from Angelo Ditty in the Atlanta FCC
>> office you were more likely to fail sending than receiving),
>
> When I first joined the FCC staff (after 10 years in the
> private sector) in 1967, Angelo and I shared a room in the San
> Francisco District Office for a year until he transferred to
> Tampa and later to Atlanta. He was quite a guy - half German,
> half Sicilian. He'd give you the shirt off his back as long as
> you didn't challenge or contradict him, whether he was right or
> wrong. He was known for being a very detailed ship radio
> inspector and CW freak. Out of the office he had a fully-grown
> de-clawed and de-fanged cougar as a house pet. The cat died
> before he reached Atlanta. He and I worked quite a few cases
> together in that one year. He retired from the FCC several
> years before I did, and although there is an "FCC Alumni Reflector"
> we've lost touch.
>
> Thanks for the memories even if it is off-topic for those
> who never met him.
>
> -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane (Esq. / P.E.)
>Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402
>
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