I saw it done that way only once but all the other sessions I have been to it was on tape in the front of the room.Then because I used the Grailler I had mine afterwords and of course out ofthe room when the original test wa aking place. On Sun, 26 Jan 2003, Barbara Lombardi wrote: > that's interesting. had to copy the cw with ear phones hi. it was fun. > Barb [log in to unmask] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Walt Sebastian" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 10:26 AM > Subject: Re: today's the day > > > > Hi Folks, > > I had a similar experience when I went for my general. This was back in > the > > days that you went to the FCC Office to get a license. I went to the > Miami > > FCC and was not worried about the code until it started. I had always had > > the speaker in front of me or to the left side. When the code started, > the > > speaker was about fifteen feet to my right. I had made 950 contacts as a > > novice and thought I was very proficient with. It didn't even sound like > > code. Well, I settled down and made 90 percent on the test. This was Feb > > 24 1978 and I had to report to school two days later. Well, then came the > > hard part, the written part. As a novice, I had helped with a couple > > classes and I helped with code and rules and regulations. The first 19 > were > > r&r and that meant I had 19 correct. I needed 19 more to pass. Every > time > > a question was asked, it seemed like something I studied that morning. My > > reader was from Cuba and he told me, "I don't speak so good English, if I > > say something and you don't understand it, tell me and I will spell it for > > you." I had no problem until he got to the phrase Characteristic > impedance. > > and he murdered it, Well that was the only thing he had to spell. At the > > end of the 50 questions, he asked if I wanted to change any answers. I > said > > no! He then said, "I think you have one wrong." He took it away and > graded > > it and came back and said, I told you that you had one wrong. He actually > > told me the one I got wrong but not the correct answer. The question was > > about FM and how it was transmitted. I said by a carrier, which we all > know > > is wrong. 73 > > > > Walt and GEB dog Opus > > WA4QXT > > New London CT > > mailto: [log in to unmask] > > >