[Fists] FISTS Digest, Vol 137, Issue 2

[Jim Moody via FISTS]

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>     1. Question about 1970's "INT" military Morse code test
>        (Roger J. Wendell)
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> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 10:54:01 -0600
> From: "Roger J. Wendell" <rogerwendell at rogerwendell.com>
> To: fists at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Fists] Question about 1970's "INT" military Morse code test
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> Back in the 1970s I was a Coast Guard radioman at NMO and NMC -
> specializing in Morse code
> communications with merchant operations (and also holding the Coast
> Guard's speed record for
> copying random characters/coded text).
>
> Before joining the Coast Guard I had to spend some time at Denver's
> military induction center
> for a variety of testing. One of the tests was the "INT" Morse code
> aptitude test. For that test,
> each recruit was given a pencil and a piece of paper that had three
> vertical columns of blank
> check boxes directly beneath the printed letters "I," "N," and "T." The
> examiners would then send,
> over a loud speaker, random strings of these letters, in Morse, and the
> listeners (recruits and
> inductees) would mark the appropriate box corresponding to the letter
> they just heard. Throughout
> the test the speed of transmission was gradually increased until most of
> the applicants dropped out.
>
> My question is, does anyone else recall this particular test and is
> there anyone out there with
> a copy of the blank INT test sheet and, even better, an audio recording
> of the test taking place?
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> 72s es 73s,
>
> Roger
>
Roger, I took that test in the Air Force in 1966.  I remember when I got 
done I had only filled in about half the lines.  They said fill them in 
and I did and turned it in.  Well, I ended up being trained as a Morse 
Op!  If I hadn't filled them in I probably would not have passed it.  I 
have no copies of the test.

Jim Moody, NL7C