Hello Ivy.
13 Aug 97 19:49, Ivy Iverson wrote to Roy Witt:
 II>> Hi Hi... Well, Californians have always been considered a
 II>> little... uh... er... ahem... weird (?) by the rest of the
 II>> country.   
 RW>> If we weren't, what would the rest of you talk about...
 II>
 II> Weatherstripping the Canadian boarder, for one thing.  (That comes up
 II> often in the winter).   :-o      BRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!
 If they would have done it instead of talking about it, I might still be 
living there.  Nah.  There's still the muggy summers and hay fever to look 
forward to...
 II> I've been thinking, (a rarity!), and have decided to see about getting
 II> a book on Advanced class to study while working on the "lucky 13,"
 II> (Translation: Lucky if I can get it!).
Make it 15 and the lucky part is a moot point.  I sat along side a buddy and 
a third sat off in a corner when we took the general code.  I copied 
everything perfectly.  Never a doubt in my mind.  My buddy (who was looking 
over my paper) sez that my "1 watts" (notice the s in watts) answer was 
wrong, it shoud be 10 watts.  I said I didn't make a mistake.  As it turned 
out, he missed the test by one question.  Yup...
 II>   :-}   Having trained as a Broadcast Engineer back in the '60's, the
 II> gazillion things I have forgotten should come back without much
 II> trouble, and I just MIGHT be able to skip over General.  What the
 II> Hey, right?   :-}
I too learned a lot of radio theory back in the 60's. I missed the Advanced 
by 1 stinking question on my first try. 30 days later, I presented my self 
for the next test.  Problem was, they switched the tests on me and all the 
questions were now about solid state theory.  Missed that test by only 3.  I 
finally tested the third time and passed the Advanced.  All I was after was a 
different callsign.  N6AGT, my general call, was a tongue twister (worse CW 
call ever), but better than WD6DOI, which is a nice CW call, but too long for 
voice contesting.  I didn't care about the extra (no pun) privileges, just 
the call that began with a K.  Now I'm wondering if I should try for the 
Advanced Vanity call of K6ROI, K6ROY, K6RJW?  I'd really like W1TT....:)  
Probably all taken..
... 1024x768x256.... Sounds like one mean woman..
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