[Boatanchors] [novicerigroundup] Re: [Glowbugs] Re: NOVICE RIG ROUNDUP

[Rob Atkinson]

You got the cigar and furniture down -- good memory!

How do I know this, a ham from Chicago who never set foot in NYC?

1955 ed. of So You Want To Be A Ham by Hertzberg (I think).  Whole
chapter devoted to how to get a ticket,  the whole exam process with
several photos of Mr. Finkleman (That's Mister Finkleman in 1955)
a.k.a. W2UHS IIRC, in double breasted suit  and cigars.

I would have liked everything about Radio Row except hauling the loot
home on the subway and train.

Rob
K5UJ

On 2/8/17, manualman at juno.com <manualman at juno.com> wrote:
> Back then, the FCC testing office was at the Federal Building, 641
> Washington St, NYC. I forget what floor but the building had a creaky
> elevator run by a creepy old man.
> And Charlie Finkleman was the gruff, cigar smoking examiner. The
> furniture was old school-type desks that had seen much better days. You
> could easily punch a hole in the writing paper with the paper laying on
> the desk. After you passed the written exam, he came to each person
> remaining, handed them a paper, and said send. I think I sent maybe 8 to
> 15 characters (wasn't much) and he said "stop", you passed. Then, he
> handed out the written exam, sat in the front, and continually puffed on
> his cigar.
>
> Then me and three other friends (we all passed the General) walked down
> to Radio Row to celebrate and buy stuff. Then we had to drag it all on
> the subway and back to Penn Station, to take the train back to Jersey.
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
>