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David Eduardo wrote:

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David Eduardo wrote:

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Hey, Edtardo... tell us again about the amateur radio license you
had
in
Ecuador. What was that call?


HC1DG

Ya got proof of that? It never seems to show up in any Callbooks.

What kinda test did you take?

There was no test at all.

Then you did not have a license... sounds like Hose-A sold you one...
there was
a code test at that time, as far as I know.

No, there was not. I believe if sponsored by a club member, there were no
requirments. Of course, the requirements changed according to the "license
fee" you paid.

You really have no idea what it was like in Ecuador in the 60's, do you? I
did not have a refrigerator most of my time there. I preferred taking a bus
to most places instead of driving. There were 3 months of summer when two to
three days a week we had power rationing and no electricity from sunrise to
sunset. No cars had automatic transmissions. You took the wiper blades off
your car every time you parket. A first run move was $0.40 for the good
seats. In the summer, there was only enough water to bathe ever two to three
days. A phone call to the US took two to three days to place, and was booked
in advance. A call to another city could take several hours to get. There
was no such thing as a home loan or mortgage... houses were bought cash
only. 40% of the population spoke Quechua. AM stations were licensed every
20 kHz in the same city. Most AMs did not have towers as antennas. There was
no FM station until 1966 in the whole country. Quito's first commercial TV
went on the aair in 1965, and a TV set cost more than 20 times the minimum
monthly wage in the country. The airport at Quito only ran in daylight
hours, so dangerous was it. There was no frozen food section at the
supermarket (there was only one supermarket in the whole city of Quito,
too). Most food was bought fresh the same day as it was consumed. There were
no fast food restaurnats, and no hamburgers or pizzas anywhere. A live in
maid cost U$S about $40 a month. Nothing in dealings with the government was
processed for free.

Never took a driver's test, either.

Of course not, you could not pass it!

No, I just sent an assistant to get it for me. That was SOP. I don't know
anyone who took the test, either.