That of course was very wrong, Butch.

I remember getting my third class phone license in 1970.  Then if you were 
blind, it contained a restrictive statement that said that this license was 
not valid at any station not adapted for a blind person.  But the FCC never 
defined what such an adaptation was.  It was totally ridiculous to even have 
such a restriction if they weren't even going to define how a station could 
be legal for a blind person.  I am told later, they did say that there had 
to be audible or tactile equipment present, but they placed this restriction 
on third class licenses without any foundation whatsoever which further 
discouraged radio stations from hiring us.  I presented a resolution to the 
NFB to have this restriction removed which passed, but I believe they did 
away with the third class license before it could be implemented.
Harvey
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:32 AM
Subject: Re: Challenges taking FCC exams


>I went to electronics school in the 60s, 1968, I applied to the fccc to
> take my second class license test and wanted to go to the first class
> and was refused.  They refused to give me a waver to have the test read.
>  I had my congressman go to the fcc and he finally got igh enough that
> the guy said that is how it was and he didn't give a damn.
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.