Does anyone here remember Dick Bash, controversial writer of the "Final Exam" books published in the 80s?
I had completely forgotten about him until his name came up but remember the crap and the FCC gave him at the time...Ironically, after his throwdown with the ARRL and FCC, many others (Gordon West, etc) did the same thing with what seemed like full blessings from those organizations.
A little history: https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/I...-magazine-09-september-1980-OCR-Page-0041.pdf
I remember sitting in the FCC office in Boston waiting to take my General and Advanced tests in the early 80s and there were folks in there waiting their turn to take the tests and one of the FCC staff in there went around and confiscated any Bash books he saw. He said they could get them back after they tested. Pretty sure that's not legal but hey, it was the 80s (and the FCC).
I had completely forgotten about him until his name came up but remember the crap and the FCC gave him at the time...Ironically, after his throwdown with the ARRL and FCC, many others (Gordon West, etc) did the same thing with what seemed like full blessings from those organizations.
A little history: https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/I...-magazine-09-september-1980-OCR-Page-0041.pdf
I remember sitting in the FCC office in Boston waiting to take my General and Advanced tests in the early 80s and there were folks in there waiting their turn to take the tests and one of the FCC staff in there went around and confiscated any Bash books he saw. He said they could get them back after they tested. Pretty sure that's not legal but hey, it was the 80s (and the FCC).
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