
October 22nd 07, 03:30 PM
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Forty Years Licensed
In article ,
Bruce in Alaska wrote:
In article ,
Steve Bonine wrote:
Dan Yemiola AI8O wrote:
Unfortunately there was a Mary Kay Cosmetics meeting
being held on the other side of the ballroom, and every five minutes or
so
Mary Kay ladies would start clapping and singing, just like camp meeting.
No "quiet, sterile FCC exam room " that day.
At least they tried, sort of.
My General class exam was held in the Federal Building in Knoxville, TN.
I've seen other articles here that described using headphones for code
exams; we did not have them. The room was one of those sterile 1960s
government classroom/conference rooms, and the echo was horrendous. It
was kind of like copying cw through QRN on 80 meters, which is just what
I had been doing for the past few months, so I did pass the test. But I
do wonder why headphones were provided for some exam locations, but not
for others.
73, Steve KB9X
I took my General Test at the FCC Office in the OLD Federal Office
Building in Seattle, Washington, from the Steelie Eyed, Old Crone
named Gertrude Johnson, who was the Office Secratary. She did a
REAL Good impression of "Librarian from Hell". NO talking, no noise
of any kind, if your eyes even left your desk, you FAILED. She was
Code Proficent, clear up to 35WPM,
Wasn't she just scary?
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