Re: College engineering (was WWZN)

["Roger Kirk" <rogerkirk@ttlc.net>]

A. Joseph Ross wrote:

> And I was so proud when I got mt Third Class Radiotelephone Permit
with Broadcast
> Endorsement.  And I kept renewing it every five years for as long as
the FCC allowed.

I remember being driven to Boston by my mother (not even old enough to
drive, yet)
to get my Third.  I was promised a summer job by WKTQ, South Paris
(Maine) if I
got my license.  What a joy when it arrived in the mail!   Later, when I
went to
Vocational School, the FCC held tests in Portland the spring I
graduated.  I went
for the whole enchilada - 1st w/radar endorsement.  Unfortunately, the
examiner
forgot the answers for one of the parts.  So, he said "Either you have a
full 1st Phone
or you still have your Third Class.  I practically sat on the mailbox
for a week waiting.
Indeed I had a 1st phone.  Back then, the 5 years before renewal seemed
like an
eternity.  Then they took that away with the lifetime license.  Ah,
things aren't like they
used to be in the "Good Old Days!"