Back in 1951, I was 15 years old and voluntarily attending summer school to learn how to touch-type, a skill that has been very useful over the decades. When I read in QST that the Novice test was to be given in Nashville, TN, for the first time, I decided to take that test...
My knowledge, and that of the ham in the tower, of the Morse code proved to be a very important skill.
73, Edward A. O'Neal, USN Retired, W4TPN