Hi all,

Took my general at the FCC office in St. Louis in 1969, took the Advanced in 
the Chicago FCC office in 1970 and the Extra in front of VE's a couple of 
years ago.

Except for the Extra, I had enough vision to read the general and advanced 
myself.

Howard #3, WA9YBW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2011 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: fcc exams


>I took my General in 1957 and Advanced (twice) probably in 1975, both
> at the FCC in downtown Chicago.  Perhaps it was the same crusty old
> examiner!!  Extra was with a VE team at my dining room table.  Spoke
> what I was hearing at 20wpm and I don't believe I missed a
> beat.  Three on the VE team; reader, writer and supervisor!!  I
> passed but it was a close thing!!
> Pat, K9JAUAt 10:03 AM 11/27/2011, you wrote:
>>When I took my extra, I had it in Braille.  I brailed out the CW, and read
>>it back to the examiners.  One of the guys said "you forgot to read the
>>punctuation" so I had to read it again.  Made one mistake in 5 minutes of
>>code, listening and writing at 20 WPM.
>>It was the last 20 WPM code test ever given in Milwaukee.  I hear the 
>>theory
>>is harder now than it was then.
>>I was proud to have my only real radio skill validated and appreciated.
>>I did the General in the same way, going down from Green Bay to Chicago, 
>>in
>>1967.  I think that was the only over night trip in my life that was just 
>>me
>>and my Dad.  We stayed at his only Brother's house.
>>My Dad never understood radio, but he was sure proud of me that day.  He 
>>saw
>>I did something that many of the adults in the room had failed to do.