>I would be curious as to what grounds you would fail a sender?
>too slow? Inaccurate? sloppy style?
I can tell you that the FCC people weren't afraid to fail someone
that was sending crappy, but that was before 'politically incorrect'
was a catch word, and you couldn't argue or sue the examiner!
I took my Extra test in San Francisco in 1972 when I was 19 and in
Navy schools there. I hadn't used a hand key for a few years, but had
been using an iambic keyer every day on the air.
Another guy showed up to take the test that day, and he brought along
a little keyer in a box with a single paddle sticking out the front. He
offered to let me borrow it for the sending test, and the crusty old
examiner reluctantly said we could use it. Well, the other guy failed
the receiving test, and I passed; copied all 5 minutes perfectly. But
when I tried to send with that non-iambic keyer, I messed up every
other letter! The examiner SLAMMED his fist on the table and yelled at
me to send EVERYTHING typed on the 3x5 card taped to the table with
the hand key, or he would fail me right there! Geez, scared the heck
out of me, but I did send 20 wpm with their hand key, and passed the
written test, too.
So, if the FCC inspector could tell when a person can't send worth
beans, why can't a VE? I suppose they would have to be able to copy
CW, and maybe THAT's a problem for some, eh?? Hmmmm...
Just my opinion -- Glenn
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