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> > That is what I got when the First Class Phone was not needed any more and
> > the First and Second Class was changed over to the GROL.
> >
> > I agree , I think many companies were started up or started handing out some
> > kind of certification just to make money. Where I worked I had to get
> > certified every year for something about radiation. Then came the
> > refregeration and ozone scare, certified to operate a stud gun, operate some
> > man lifting platforms, the Star program, ISO 6000 or was it 9000 , TPM,
> > deversity training, PLC certification (only thing that I got any training on
> > worth anything), don't recall what all else. Retired about the time the six
> > sigma came out with all the stupid belts. I even thought the First Phone
> > was a joke when I took it in 1972. I had studied some on a 2 nd class book
> > and at the time it cost one dollar more to take the First, so I signed up
> > for that and passed everything the first day. Never did see a TV
> > transmitter and would not know what to do if I had.
> The first thing you would have discovered is that TV used a pair of
> transmitters, in 1972. That was the year that I tested out of the three
> year, depot level school for broadcast engineering. It was the
> equivalent of the FCC First Phone, and was convertible without taking
> the FCC test, until the year before I left the service. I worked at
> three TV stations, in all. One AFRTS Army station, and two commercial
> UHF stations without a First Phone.
I too received my NABER certification paperwork and card back around 1986. I recall having to drive up to L.A. from San Diego and taking a long test covering all type of electronic, RF, Television and FCC type questions. It was a 3 or 4 hour brutal test. I think the NABER certification disappeared from usage more than twenty years ago. I looked to see if I could recertify it 20 years ago and it was nowhere to be found. I Had my NARTE CET and GROL licenses and wanted to beef up my resume with the NABER license. No Joy!