[CW] New RadioTelegraph Operator License

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

The FCC is REQUIRED to make both the examination questions and answers
public.  With a quick search, all I could find was a reference to 8 FCC Rcd
at 1048-49 ¶ 14. which mentions COLEM (Commercial Examiners should give the
FCC input about the question pools, but it is the FCC itself who maintains
the question and answer pools for commercial exams unlike the amateur radio
service where this is done by the VEC's.

Sorry Hans, I agree with you, but it isn't the way it is anymore, sad to
say.

73

DR

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 12:57 AM, Radio K0HB <kzerohb at gmail.com> wrote:

>   Used to be that the reason for a test was to determine the knowledge
> level of the applicant.  I hold in low esteem, nay in high disdain, anyone
> who depends on published answers to achieve recognition for their “skills”.
>
> I went through 8 levels of written tests and many levels of “practical
> skills” testing to be appointed a Master Chief Radioman in the US Navy.  I
> would be ashamed if my appointment came from memorization of a published
> set of answers.
>
> I certainly would not lavish high praise on a public official who made
> those answers public.
>
> Old fashioned, I guess.
>
> 72, de Hans, K0HB
>
>
>
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