[Milsurplus] Fwd: Re: OT ?

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi,

I am sure (or at least I hope) this is NOT universal. The day I took my 
exams the place was crowded the aviation types who had been attending 
radio boot camp at who knows how much expense. The FCC gave each person 
their results right on the spot in the presence of everybody else. The 
FCC also announced it was the first day of a brand new exam. I was close 
to the last one done..plodded my way through the whole thing. I was the 
only one in that exam session that did pass. I made it through based 
mostly on what I had already learned as a practicing Amateur Extra Class 
licensee - in spite of the Bash books <evil grin>. That was an 
eye-opener for me.

Somebody, somewhere has to be doing something right since there are a 
lot of airplanes in the sky and they seem to be talking to each other. I 
used my license on "other" radios - landmobile and maritime. So maybe 
that was a factor <'nuther evil grin>. Today I'm 'just a ham' but who 
knows what might happen tomorrow. The Great Lakes are just over a couple 
of hills from here.

73,

Bill  KU8H


On 09/26/2014 10:33 AM, Glen Zook via Milsurplus wrote:
> Aviation shops may have changed.  But, a number of years ago, at least around here, a goodly number of them did not know their posteriors from a hole in the ground.
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