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Dick Bash disagreed with you then and he disagrees with you now.
How? Dick Bash did not see the actual exams except by taking them.
Then he published them.
And FCC did nothing about it.
Some in the FCC wanted to prosecute,
but the higher ups didn't allow it.
Phil Kane has told about it first-hand -
he was working in the office where Bash
did his thing at the time.
The only thing that can be derive or concluded
from that is the probable fact that there was
disagreement within the FCC as to the ability to
pursue and win any case against Bash.
Whether Bash broke the letter of the law or not isn't
clear, but it *is* clear that he broke the spirit of the law.
I never met anyone convicted of breaking the spirit
of any law. The other issue that would be in play is
the legality of the law itself on constitutional grounds.
If, back then, FCC had thought
it was OK for people to see the actual exams,
they would have been published
(as they are now) rather than going
through the additional work of making
up study guides.
That's in your opinion anyway.
The Commercial license was still more difficult
than the amateur...NOT because I took any, but because the
Commercial license covered a LOT more EM territory, a LOT more
modes in Commercial radio then.
But you don't really know because you didn't take both. Some of
those
who *did* take both say the Extra written was "harder".
It's important that you should work harder for a hobby endeavor than
for a commercial endeavor.
Wasn't too hard for a 16 year old between 10th and 11th grade. In fact,
I'd have gotten it more than a year earlier except for the 2 year
waiting period.
"The Man" still keeping you down?
Not at all. Experience was part of the requirement back then. It was
and is a good idea.
I really have no problem with an experience criteria
(e.g.a time interval between General and Extra).
Cheers and Happy Thanksgiving to all, I thank the
Lord for all the great and wonderful people and things
in my life.
Bill K2UNK