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

[Frank Scolaro]

Is Finkleman the guy with the 'half glasses' ??  Took my test from 
him in 1966, as did my father just before WWII...

73,
Frank, W2YK



At 01:59 AM 5/1/2020, Steve Lawrence via Elecraft wrote:
>FCC office in lower Manhattan. Finkleman's exam chairs were school 
>desk writing arm chairs. The writing surface had grooves everywhere. 
>They were the size of the Grand Canyon. You were given a very thin 
>sheet of paper and a dull pencil to write your copy. I could barely 
>get the pencil out of a groove to write the next letter. Felt deliberate.
>
>73 - Steve WB6RSE
>
>
>
>On Apr 30, 2020, at 9:58 PM, Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP 
><k2vco.vic at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>Finkleman's keys in New York were like that, too. I remember trying 
>to adjust mine. He must have used a pipe wrench to tighten them down.
>
>73,
>Victor, 4X6GP
>Rehovot, Israel
>Formerly K2VCO
>CWops no. 5
>http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
>On 01/05/2020 5:30, Fred Jensen wrote:
> > The 2T and Extra were both pencil/paper copy and J-28 screwed to 
> the desk with ungodly wide spacing ... not to be adjusted by examinees. [:-)
>
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