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> While in college, I co-oped with the FCC in Atlanta, GA. I had to take
> and pass my Radiotelephone First and General class licenses before I
> was allowed to administer those exams. If you did not pass a test you
> had to wait 30 days before you could take it again. Some applicants
> tried to game the system by memorizing as many questions as they could
> when they first took the test so it would give them a leg up the next
> time. On the second attempt there were usually howls of anguish when
> they realized they were facing a different version of the test with
> different questions.
>
> 73,
>
> Jim - W4BQP
>
> On 4/28/2020 10:17 AM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
>> As a 17 year old, I rode the train {pulled by a coal fired
>> locomotive} from Fulton, KY to Memphis, TN. I had to walk about 8
>> blocks to the Post Office building where the FCC administered the
>> tests. I took the 4 elements and passed all 4 of them earning me a
>> First Class Radio Telephone license on the first try. I recall many
>> much older folks seemingly to be struggling to take the tests. Some
>> commented "what's this kid doing in here?" Seems some had taken it
>> several times without success. I spent the night with an old maid
>> school teacher and relative in Memphis. I took my General class
>> license test the next morning in the same place. The CW receiving
>> portion, in the concrete basement with metal desks and metal chairs,
>> sounded like marbles being dropped into a galvanized wash tub. So
>> was that a T followed by an E or was that and H? Passed that one
>> too. Then I rode the bus from Memphis back to my home in Martin TN.
>> Yes there were several circuits to identify, and some to draw, as I
>> recall. That was 60 years ago. Glad I had the experiences.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Bob, K4TAX
>>
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