"JJ" wrote in message
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Carl R. Stevenson wrote:


when the ONLY way you could do that was to fail the 13wpm
code test when trying for General but copying enough to qualify for
5wpm,
because Tech in that time frame was a by-mail-order only license.


Not true ... at the time, the only test that was given by volunteer
examiners was the Novice ...

Are you forgetting about the Conditional (same as the General)?

I may be wrong, but I *think* the FCC stopped issuing Conditionals
before 1975.

Carl - wk3c