[Elecraft] New Mystery: Copying groups vs plain language text (Rather OT)

[Macy monkeys]

You win! Hard to top that :)

John K7FD

> On May 1, 2020, at 3:48 PM, donovanf at starpower.net wrote:
> 
> When I was 16 years old I was offered an engineering job at our local 
> TV station -- the NBC outlet in Providence RI -- after I graduated from 
> high school. But they said I had to have a First Class Radiotelephone to 
> qualify for the job. 
> 
> 
> No worries I said and I went to work studying. But since I'd have to 
> make the long trip to Boston I decided to take all of these tests in one sitting: 
> - third class radiotelephone 
> - second class radiotelephone 
> - first class radiotelephone 
> - third class radiotelegraph 
> - second class radiotelegraph 
> - radar endorsement 
> - Amateur Extra 
> 
> 
> Several months later I was ready and off I went to Boston. The FCC office 
> had a receptionist "gatekeeper" so I requested the seven license 
> examinations I wanted to take (there were no fees in those days). She 
> smiled at me like I was some smart alec kid trying to prank her. She 
> demanded that I be serious, so I repeated my list,.. She excused herself and 
> brought out the FCC Engineer-in-Charge to challenge me. I recited my 
> requests to him. He -- reluctantly -- agreed and he said "well lets start with 
> the Amateur Extra code test." I smiled and off I went to be tested at 
> 20 WPM, with many of the Boston FCC office workers including the 
> receptionist and the Engineer-in-Charge watching over my shoulder. 
> 
> 
> To make a long story short, three hours later I left the office having qualified 
> for all seven licenses. The FCC Engineer-in-Charge shook my hand as I left 
> with a big smile on his face. 
> 
> 
> I started at WJAR-TV immediately after high school graduation and worked 
> there full time during the summers and part time during the rest of the year 
> for nearly four years while studying for my EE at W1KMV (err... the 
> University of Rhode Island). 
> 
> 
> 73 
> Frank 
> W3LPL 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> From: "Phil Kane" <k2asp at kanafi.org> 
> To: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> 
> Sent: Friday, May 1, 2020 10:23:23 PM 
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] New Mystery: Copying groups vs plain language text (Rather OT) 
> 
>> On 5/1/2020 11:14 AM, Dave Sublette wrote: 
>> 
>> February 1, 1963 I sat for my Extra with the District Engineer himself 
>> in the Federal Building, downtown San Francisco. I never did know his 
>> name and I cannot read his signature on the certificate on the wall 
>> behind me.
> 
> That was Ney R. Landry, W6UDU, later K6RI. Ney was my first boss at the 
> agency, and was a real Louisiana Gentleman who went out of his way to 
> help people unless they tried to cross him. The one thing that he did 
> not tolerate was dishonesty. He started with the FCC after pre-WW-II 
> Navy service as a radioman. He served in the FCC's Radio Intelligence 
> Division in San Francisco during WW-II, and then was assigned as the 
> Resident Engineer in San Diego until 1956 when he was reassigned to San 
> Francisco as the Assistant Engineer in Charge. He became Engineer in 
> Charge in 1964 and was promoted as the first Regional Director in 1976. 
> He retired in 1980 after 40+ years with the FCC and passed away in 2012 
> at the age of 95, still living with Mary in that little cottage in San 
> Leandro. His outside passion was golf and he never missed a Saturday 
> except for the one when his son got married. He taught me an awful lot, 
> for which I will always be grateful. 
> 
> 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane 
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