Testing must have been different back in those days.  I remember talking
to someone and he said that even back in 1987 you had to go to the FCC to
take your test and that time it was in Downtown Detroitwhere I am located
now.  No VE sessions or anything like that,  I take it that they did away
with the conditional licenses?





On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Steve wrote:

> Congratulations, Bruce!  I remember being excited when I passed mine back in
> 1976.
>
> The funny thing was, I really didn't know that I passed for several weeks.
> I had a Conditional License at the time, so I had to take the General at the
> FCC.  They had a copy of the Braille exam, but didn't have an answer key.
> So, the assistant engineer said "Hell, you're here, we'll just give you the
> Advanced and if you pass that, you can take the extra."  I did pass both
> those tests, but the license was contingent on passing the General.
>
> I got a letter form the Cookie Company stating I passed, but then a two
> weeks later, I received a new license which still said Conditional Class.  I
> contacted Gettysburg to find out what was going on, and apparently there had
> been some kind of error.  A month later, I received my Extra and a year
> after that, I was able to get my current 1 by 2 call.
>
> Steve
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