[Elecraft] OT: The Colpitts mystery

[David Herring]

I remember in 1976 getting my novice ticket and the test was administered by the local club officers (same 3 guys who taught the class), but in 1977-ish  I had to go to the FCC field office in San Diego (the closest one to me at the time) to take the General tests. I guess they could give novice tests but not much of anything else. I was young then and really didn’t concern myself with the details. ;-) 

73,

David - N5DCH

> On Apr 28, 2020, at 12:35 PM, Mike Short <ai4ns.mike at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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