[Elecraft] OT: The Colpitts mystery

[EricJ]

Any General Class ham could administer the Novice test.  The FCC field 
offices initially administered the testing, but some time in the mid-50s 
it was given over to volunteer hams. It could be anyone you could dig up 
to sign the paperwork. There were no designated VEs at the time.

I don't remember the details, but for those who could not go to an FCC 
field office for the General (disability, too far, etc.), they could get 
a waiver and get a Conditional License. That was also administered by a 
local ham, but it might have required more than one to sign off. Same 
privileges as a General Class. There might have been some limitations on 
renewals, but I don't remember them.

Eric KE6US


On 4/28/2020 11:35 AM, Mike Short 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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