06-20-14 06:21 TOM WALKER wrote to ED VANCE about Re: Storage   
      
    TW> @MSGID: <53A4B139.613.amtradio@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    EV>IIRC an old "Carl and Jerry" article told of them tearing into a   
    EV>portable AM radio and modifying it so they could send an Emergency   
    EV>Message on the local CW Traffic Net Frequency to get some needed help.   
      
    EV>They did that because they didn't have any Ham Gear with them, just the   
    EV>portable battery powered radio.   
      
    TW> That reminde me of the Old General Test. You needed to be able   
    TW> to draw from memory some circuits like a Hartley or Colpitts   
    TW> oscillator   
   Howdy! Tom,   
      
   IIRC, the General Test had 50 Questions and a score of 68 per cent was   
   needed to pass the Test, so that meant to me I could miss 15.   
      
   Usually I'd pass those Circuit Drawing Questions.   
      
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