Ah, good times.
I passed my Novice with an 82% on the written, 100% on the code. That was September of 1987.
In January of 1988, I went to take my Tech and General. My goal was to bypass Tech completely and get right to General. I ended up accidentally passing my 20 WPM code test. Then, they accidentally gave me Tech and General in the wrong order, which allowed me to fail both of them by one question each. So, I was a 20 WPM Novice for a month, then I went back and passed both Tech and General, this time in the correct order.
Took me two years to get to Advanced, but I passed it. And the 20 WPM test again. The Advanced really was hard. Two more years to get to Extra, and the 20 WPM test for the third time. Ah, good times.
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
On Feb 17, 2012, at 8:52 PM, Angelo Sonnesso wrote:
> The first time I took my general class test I took it in Braille only to
> find they lost the key, so I had to go back 30 days later.
>
> Angelo Sonnesso N2DYN
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 8:49 PM
> Subject: Re: novices
>
>
>> And that Advanced test was a bear!! Took it twice at the FCC in chicago!!
>> Pat, K9JAUAt 07:00 AM 2/17/2012, you wrote:
>>> To expand on Howard's discussion,
>>>
>>> If you passed the General you only needed to pass the written test to
>>> receive your Advanced as the code requirement for the Advanced was the
>>> same
>>> as for the General. To receive the Extra, you needed to pass a code test
>>> of
>>> 20 words per minute and a written exam.
>>>
>>> Howard #3
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 3:02 AM
>>> Subject: Re: novices
>>>
>>>
>>>> Back in the day, when Men were Men, and we walked five miles to and
>>>> from
>>>> school up hill, both ways! The novice was limited to 75 watts of CW,
>>>> transmitters had to be crystal controled, and you had a year to upgrade
>>>> or
>>>> get out. Calls had an N in the prefix to denote novice. I for example
>>>> was
>>>> WN9top. The examination was the only ham radio exam that could be
>>>> given
>>>> by
>>>> a ham with a higher lisence. Technician and general had the same
>>>> theory
>>>> test, but the code requirement was 5 for the tech and 13 wpm for the
>>>> general.
>>>>
>>>> That is what it was.
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