[TenTec] FCC examiner in Chicago (OT?)

[We5f@aol.com]

Thanks, Ron, for sharing those wonderful memories.  This is, indeed, the 
stuff of which ham radio is made.

Every time I relive my similar trip to the local courthouse to be examined by 
the FCC in 1964, I get goosebumps!  Quite a feeling of accomplishment for a 
12-year-old.  Another precious memory, this one from 1968, is when I opened the 
box marked "Drake", and my 17-year-old gaze fell upon my brand, spanking new 
R-4B receiver.  Along with an early influx of birthday cash from the parents, 
I had cut MANY a yard to earn the money.  Oh, how I wish I had kept that 
receiver!

The memories get more fuzzy as each year goes by.
Thanks for sharing.  73, Jim K5HO
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In a message dated 4/12/2005 11:02:02 AM Central Standard Time, 
tentec-request at contesting.com writes:


> Not really a TenTec topic but the string started so I'll add to it. I
> remember taking the train from Elmhurst, about 20 miles west of downtown
> Chicago, into the city to take the exam. Made the trip with a ham friend who
> was going for his Advanced. I was going for my general.

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