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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