L. wrote:

Calm down? First of all, I'm not "upset". But - you are kidding, right? You
"thought" it was ok to have one? Cheat sheets are NEVER allowed. You weren't
allowed them in school, you surely aren't now either. IF any team EVER let
anyone use one, then it was a fraudulent exam session - pure and simple. ANY
"honest"' VEC and the FCC would stand by that.

Yes, as a matter of fact I was kidding. It was a sarcastic comment, not
based on fact, not a recommendation, just a comment. Don't take it too
seriously please.

See my comments above...... regarding the cheat sheets - if you were given
"latitude".....

The latitude I was referring to was in in the way the code test was (or
should have been?) administered and graded. That there were some
options for passing it other than to just copy the code on paper and
hand it in. When the FCC was giving the tests in the mid 60's it was
quite different than it is now. You copied the code and handed it in
and it spoke for itself as I recall it.

Be careful what you admit to... snip

Admit to? Am I on trial here? Do you want to read me my rights? I
passed the tests, code and theory, fair and square in a venue that was a
little disorganized maybe. And I guess my memory is still haunting me.
I remember taking the code test and then taking the written theory
test. You're saying there should be a written test on the stuff sent in
the code test? Maybe there was, I don't remember.

Then if you were that good, you shouldn't have needed a "cheat sheet".

I didn't have a cheat sheet. And I didn't need one, I knew the code.
Again, I said that sarcastically, it was a throw away remark.

Then they should have stopped the test and got the tape qued and started
over. That was not a good example of testing.....

You're right. But I didn't want to get up and stop it. I thought it
might bother the other people who were already copying it thinking the
test had started. Some of them were pretty apprehensive about the test
and being able to pass it.

Congradulations - if you did it "honestly".

Your suggestion that I might not have done it honestly ****es me off.
But for the record, I did. I copied the code, all of it (and maybe
answered some questions too?). Then I took the written theory test, and
got a license.

snip lecture

I bet the Navy made you study SOMETHING. And, if you had to do Morse in the
service, then why are you bitching about it now? Surely if you did it there,
you can do it here WITHOUT A CHEAT SHEET.

Yeah, it did. The taxpayers got their money's worth out of me. And I
am not bitching about learning the code. I was on the "leave the code
in the test" side of the argument. I like the code, remember. Try
rereading my post maybe.

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Jack Erbes in Ellsworth, Maine, USA - jacker at midmaine dot com