[Lowfer] Alternate Morse code test

[Ed Phillips]

Don Moth wrote:
> 
> Ed:
> I will be 76 in December so im not too far behind you. Failed the CW test 3
> times before I finally passed it. Thought I had a safety margin at 25 WPM
> the first time but the old nerves got me so went to 28 and 30 and I said
> damn it i'm going to pass if it kills me so finally got up to 35 for the
> 4th try and the examiner said I can only see one mistake. I'll tell you I
> was TEN FEET TALL that day, what a great feeling I don't think I will
> forget it as long as I live. I have a brother Floyd, W2NFK, who hates code
> and stopped at the general class but as long as he is happy that is all
> that counts. I can't believe some of those guys on DX'peditions that send
> at 40  WPM.It doesn't take them long to weed out the pile-ups.
> Have confirmed all the countries in the world DXCC @ 360 so now fooling
> with LW.
> Good health to you,
> Don

	I was pretty well prepared for the General class (or whatever it was
called back then) and passed OK the first time.  When I got my Extra
about 25 years later I went down with several fellow engineers (Hughes
Aircraft) who had attended the same (more or less) higher speed code
class than I had.  Again did it first time, as did one of the other
guys.  However, I was the only one of the three who past the "theory";
two of those guys were senior antenna designers!!!!!

Ed