Mike Adams wrote:


I also had to prove myself when I started taking flight instruction. My instructor once tuned random VORs
and had me identify them to prove that I wasn't kidding. It's just like riding a bicycle. I haven't been an
active ham since the late '60's, but it still comes automagically. Back then, the general class license was
a real badge of honor - 13 wpm if I recall correctly.


Not me. When I got my Extra in about 1987 the code requirement was 20
wpm. I always hated the code, I tried to work some stations using it
but I had zero interest in it. After 5 or 6 years I forgot most of it.
I remember a few letters now but not too many.