[Elecraft] Fw: OT: FCC Exams

[Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft]

Folks, this topic was closed several days ago due to excessive posts.

73,
Eric
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On Aug 31, 2012, at 9:34 PM, "Richard Fjeld" <rpfjeld at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> Does anyone remember this?
> I'd like to add one thing that I remember about taking my code tests from 
> the FCC office in St. Paul, MN. They spelled common words with different 
> letters.  They were names of streets, or buildings, etc. This was done to 
> trip us up.  We had to write exactly what we copied, and not what we thought 
> it should have been.  They called that 'plain language'. However, it was 
> fair for all.
> 
> Rich, n0ce
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chuck Smallhouse" <w7cs at theriver.com>
> To: <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 11:03 PM
> Subject: [Elecraft] OT: FCC Exams
> 
> 
>> Sorry for getting into this thread so late, but couldn't resist any
>> longer.
>> 
>> Boy when I took my first exam, I don't think that they had cameras,
>> let alone photo IDs.  I don't think that they had them on my USNR ID
>> card, that I received a few years later when I was 17.
>> 
> snipped. 
> 
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