Too much work limited his operating time, and back then you lost the license if you coulden't log 'nuf hrs. his name was "Franklin Frysler Bradley" ............... klc
He was honest about it. Back then, most people simply signed the statement attesting that they had put in the required operating time, even if they hadn't turned a rig on in years. I knew one old timer who had been licensed since 1917, who had been totally inactive since Pearl Harbor, but he renewed every five years. I never heard of the FCC actually checking someone's logbook to verify operating. IIRC, it operated on the "honour system". I'm sure many hams fudged it.