[JRandomFreeper]

I got my first ticket in 1971. Had to take a bus to Dallas to take the test at the FCC center there.

I let it lapse, took a new test on a whim with the volunteers, when my ex wanted to take it.

I passed the 5wpm with NO advance training (after 17 odd years), and the electronics is always the same.

I got serious about it about when my hearing started failing. I passed the 13 WPM by one question.

And then, I let it lapse again. It's current, and accurate, these days.

Passing is passing.

It's all good. I can live with Advanced Class.

/johnny

[JRandomFreeper]

And now that I think on it... when I was 10 years old... I never expected to have my license to lapse 3 times. Ever. Heck, I wouldn't live that long.

Some days, you can't lose for winning....

/johnny

[AppyPappy]

I did some ham stuff in high school but never got a ticket. Mostly we just learned about all the stuff. One of the guys had a great idea. Open up a freq range to anyone but make it illegal to sell a transmitter for it. If you want on the freq, you have to build a set to access it. You avoid the CB aspect and give people incentive to build. Once they start, they will either dive in or quit.

Like most kids, I didn’t want to learn Morse Code. It was still fun to hang out at the W4GG hut near the airport in Greensboro NC.