[Boatanchors] Upgrade question

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I took my General exam aboard USS Valley Forge (LPH-8) while we were anchored 
in Da Nang harbor, January 1968.  Actually it was initially a Conditional, as 
the nearest FCC office (Honolulu as I recall) was considered too far to swim 
to and there was no bus service available.

In a message dated 9/12/2008 4:55:58 PM Central Daylight Time, 
km1h at jeremy.mv.com writes: 
> I took my General in NYC, W 4th St if I remember; that was in 1956. Dont 
> remember if I took the BMT or IRT from Queens after transferring from 
> the Jamaica line.
> 
> Carl
> KM1H
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Brannigan" <jbrannig at optonline.net>
> To: <kt4ae at bellsouth.net>; "Boatanchors list" 
> <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 2:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Upgrade question
> 
> 
> >
> >As a holder of a "real FCC" Advanced license, it is time to bite the 
> >bullet and take the "mail in the box top" Extra Exam......
> >BTW in NYC we had to push the subway downtown, then walk uphill to the 
> >FCC office on Washington St.
> >Above General class, it was required to repel off the top of the 
> >building and smash through the windows for the CW exam.....
> >Then the hard part started......
> >Jim
> >>Actually, I wanted to add "over broken glass", but the sentence was 
> >>too long as it was.
> >>
> >>Harry, KT4AE
> >>
> >>Glen Zook wrote:
> >>>You forgot "uphill both ways"!
> 

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