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And the main point remains: The percentage of US hams back then who did not face the steely-eyed FCC examiner was quite high. I'm pretty sure that in some parts of the country, "tested by mail" hams were the vast majority. Back in 1976 when I tested for my tech license, I faced a steely-eyed black woman FCC examiner. Who knew what she was doing, and could copy code (I had to send code to her). The FCC was giving out recycled call signs that year. Someone else once had WA2ISE before I was given it. My father had WB2JIA a few years before I got mine, so in a sense I was "out of sequence". Maybe the FCC didn't want to hand out "WC"s as people would use phonetics like "Water Closet ..." |
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"Robert Casey" wrote Maybe the FCC didn't want to hand out "WC"s as people would use phonetics like "Water Closet ..." The WC#$$$ call format block was reserved for RACES stations. 73, de Hans, K0HB |
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