Pat,
Did they have some old crabby examiner there, too!!
Pat, K9JAUAt 07:08 AM 2/18/2012, you wrote:
>Pat it took me 4 times before I finally nailed that thing at the fcc office
>in Baltimore and I fortunately had to use my own reader  Bill Hill k3int and
>I waltzed through the code test, the advanced and extra back in April 1981.
>73- pat kk3f
>----- 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.
> >