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Office. There were no answers though. All the study guides of the day
(Long Beach) at FCC offices. When I took the Novice exam in 1957, my dad
was Exec Officer for the 4th Regimental Combat Team at Fort Devens, MA.
He found a PFC/ham within the ranks who administered the code exam. The
PFC was shaking more than I was. I don't think he wanted to fail me.
sitting on his locker with a J-38 strapped to my leg. FCC field offices
> Yes, and they changed the questions often to try to put him out of
> business. Now they just publish them themselves.
>
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2020, 10:32 John Simmons <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Anybody remember the Bash books?
>>
>> -de John NI0K
>>
>> Jim Campbell wrote on 4/28/2020 9:55 AM:
>>> 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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