TW>@MSGID: <50DCD549.94.amtradio@capcity2.synchro.net>   
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     >JJ>I got my license through the fcc in 1976.  I went straight for general an   
     >JJ>later took advanced.  I cannot understand that engineering stuff in the e   
     >JJ>class.  I do not operate very much, but I enjoy it.   
      
   TW>I had given up on learning the Code by then after 28 years of   
     >occasionaly trying to learn it and failing.   
     >I even refused to gwet the No Code Tech for many years before I decided   
     >to get into VHF/UHF activity. I did take and pass the General   
     >Test at the Firast Testing session given after the General Code   
     >Requiremnt was dropped,   
     >Because of seriously failing Mermory I am currently totally inactive.   
     >Although for old time sake I did renew my Licence last May for the   
     >Second time   
      
   Hi Tom,   
      
   As I'm as inactive as You are, I also renew my License every 10 Years.   
      
   I 'Think' I can still pass the Written and Code Exams if ever I was   
   asked to do so by the Friendly Country Cousins.   
      
   I tried for the Extra once just to see if I could get it because one   
   local Ham who I considered was a VERY BIG LID had got one.   
      
   Hey I'm a LID too, I just thought that He was a bigger LID than I am.   
      
   I passed the Extra Code Test but Flunked the Written Test really bad!   
      
   It was the first test I took that the FCC employee would give the person   
   a Temporory Upgrade Ticket before they walked out the door.   
      
   I went in as a General and waddled out as a Advanced.   
      
   And since the Advanced Class test isn't given anymore I decided to keep   
   renewing it.   
      
   My next Renewal Date is 10-21-2017, I hope You make it to Yours in 2022.   
      
      
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