[Elecraft] OT: The Colpitts mystery

[Mike Short]

I got my Novice in 1972 in Boise Idaho. I don’t remember if there was an
FCC office there. Would they have gone to other cities to administer exams,
or did they have VE’s by then? My dad and I both tested together.
Mike
AI4NS

On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 12:49 Jim Campbell <jim at w4bqp.net> wrote:

> The time of which I speak was in the mid-1950s. As I vaguely remember
> there was study material that prepared you to be a knowledgeable ham.
> There was also a big book that prepared you technically to be a radio
> station engineer. At a later time there was a one-day cram course to
> prepare you for the exam for first phone. Before my time if you had a
> radiotelephone certificate you had to have a certain amount of
> experience working at a commercial station in order to renew your license.
>
> 73,
>
> Jim - W4BQP
>
> On 4/28/2020 11:31 AM, John Simmons wrote:
> > Anybody remember the Bash books?
> >
> > -de John NI0K
> >
>
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