I am not sure, but I think you got it by having a qso at 30 WPM or more.
I had it to.  November of 1967 was a long time ago.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: Old Rag Chewers Certificate


> Gerry,
>
> I sure wish I would have kept my Braille novice log book and a couple of
> those old certificates.  I had the brass pounders certificate, too, but I
> can't remember how you obtained that one.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gerry Learry" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 4:13 AM
> Subject: Re: Old Rag Chewers Certificate
>
>
>>I also got the real rag chewers certificate.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 7:47 PM
>> Subject: Old Rag Chewers Certificate
>>
>>
>>> There use to be a ham thing called the Rag Chewers Club.  You got a =
>>> certificate by talking to one ham for 30 minutes; phone or cw, it didn't
>>> =
>>> matter.  Then there was the 6 hour QSO which you could only talk to one 
>>> =
>>> person for 6 straight hours and there was another=20
>>> certificate for that.  A blind friend of mine that got his license three
>>> =
>>> months before I did, and I, did both.  So, there is lots to talk about =
>>> on the ham bands.
>>>
>>> Phil.
>>> K0NX
>>