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.