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November 21st 05, 11:49 PM
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An English Teacher
From: "Bill Sohl" on Mon 21 Nov 2005 16:42
wrote in message wrote: Before Restructuring took effect in 2000, the Extra code test rate was 20 WPM. Unless a medical waiver was obtained, in which case the Extra could be had for a code test of as little as 5 wpm. The "modern" Extra class license was added in the 1951 restructuring that also added the Novice and Technician class licenses. The code test speed for the Extra was set at 20 wpm at that time. That's kinda funny. The "modern" Extra is, therefore, 54 years old. How long did the pre-modern Extra exist before 1951. Or even better, how long did radio as a practical medium exist before 1951. I wish these Extra Morsemen would get their stories straight. Heil thinks the 1950s were ancient history and won't accept it. :-) Back then those test elements were only given by FCC examiners. They were not legally available to folks like you (outside of FCC). The legality of the availability of actual test info has never been proven either way. Bash made the info available and was never challenged. The FCC let it all go by which isn't proof absolute that it may or may not have been legal, but the absence of action ultimately made it legal over the long haul. There were "Q&A" books on tests-and-answers for radio and electricity back in the ancient history days of the 1950s. Hardbound, not the best quality paper, roughly the size of a Reader's Digest Condensed Book. There was no hue and cry over those "Q&A" books then. Gene Hubbel's "H and H Electronics" store in Rockford Illinois had the amateur radio test editions for sale. Both partners were pre-WW2 hams, Gene (SK) had W9ERU then, later W7DI after moving to Arizona in retirement. Gene was a morseman and had a couple certificates for passing greater than 60 WPM using morse and a "mill." Dick Bash and his schools came later. Why he got bashed so harshly is still curious to me. It might have been that his school/book logo had two four- letter words in it? :-) |
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