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    TW> By the way I also had a great deal of Trouble with the Cod.   
    TW> I tried many tiems over the years to get it down but it   
    TW> jsut never clicked with me.   
      
    I learned the code, but never used it. I was never much good at   
    it. My interest was always in the building side of it. Built a   
    lot of equipment, got it working and then went on to building   
    other things.   
      
    I sold a lot at hamfests.   
      
    TW> Even after the NO Code Tech came out I waited many years   
    TW> before getting the licence bacaus of my belief it made   
    TW> BETTER disiplined Hams. Although listening to soem of the   
    TW> HF bands seemed to Disprove that one. I also tok the   
    TW> Genmeral at the First Test session after the Code was   
    TW> dropped and past.   
      
    I got my commercial license while in the Air Force, passed the   
    second class the first time through. AF training was pretty   
    good. The First class was actually easier, but it was different.   
    A bit of study and I got that and a radar endorsement.   
      
    Now all they have is a commercial license, no class attached.   
    Double meaning intended.   
      
    So, I went for my advanced class right away, as the code was the   
    same as for the general, and I had all that tech. Passed the   
    first time. Now so much has changed I tell people I have a mind   
    full of obsolete knowledge.   
      
    TW> Although I had a trump card because I could pass the   
    TW> General Test in 1949 and I also kept up with things since   
    TW> so with only a quick review I was ready.   
      
    I dropped out of radio professionally long ago, and my ham was   
    still always tech rather than operating. Even that has gone more   
    to computers. Now I'm looking just at Short Wave Listening. More   
    obsolete knowledge.   
      
      
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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