Bill Horne wrote:
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John in Detroit E-Dress is smoked, Invalid equals NET.
On 3/20/2010 12:02 PM, John from Detroit wrote:

So.. I took a class, well 2/3 of it as I was leaving town, and the
Saturday before thanksgiving.. I fixed that TS-2000 so it would not
transmit out of band.. I fixed it using a #2 lead pencil and a dollar
store calculator.... (I got 2 wrong on the Extra Class Test)

Congratulations!

I still remember how nice it felt to say "Temporary AE" for the first
time.

W1AC

Well,, I kind of never did that.. Cause when I did the upgrade to
General, I also got the TS-2000 same day, but rather than end up with
one arm considerably longer than the other from lugging it all over
Dayton Convention center.. I had 'em ship it (I'm serious, that WAS the
reason) and by the time I got back home.. Well.. The license was waiting
and the radio arrived a couple of days later.. No no "Temp" there.

And when I did the upgrade to Extra.. ... Well,, I don't often stray out
of the General bands anyway.. So again, I never needed to sign "Temp"
as... Well.. I just don't use those frequencies much

Usually it's like 2973 or 3995 or x.070 (Many different X's)