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

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> http://www.wb2lqf.com/amateur-radio-and-me/the-legendary-mr-charles-finkleman <http://www.wb2lqf.com/amateur-radio-and-me/the-legendary-mr-charles-finkleman>

73 - Steve WB6RSE

> On May 1, 2020, at 9:46 PM, Frank Scolaro <fscolaro at mindspring.com> wrote:
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> Is Finkleman the guy with the 'half glasses' ??  Took my test from him in 1966, as did my father just before WWII...
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> 73,
> Frank, W2YK
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> 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.
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>> 73 - Steve WB6RSE
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>> On Apr 30, 2020, at 9:58 PM, Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP <k2vco.vic at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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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