[Elecraft] License Exams

[R. Kevin Stover]

Thom R LaCosta wrote:


> A previous post quoted something from the FCC to the point that some new 
> hams
> were first licensed as Extra Class and some were licensed as General 
> Class, rather than as Technician Class.
> 
> Appears to me that if you sit for all 3 elements and pass them, you are 
> licensed
> as an Extra, take and pass the first two and you are licensed as a 
> General, take and pass only the first element and you are a technician.

Nailed it on the head.

If you know someone who skipped taking and passing the Tech theory test 
on the way to General then there's a serious problem with that VE team 
and it needs to be reported.

The earlier referenced FCC website spells it out clearly.
To qualify for General privy's you must have passed Telegraphy and 
Theory elements two and three.

You do NOT have be LICENSED as a Tech to sit for the General exam but 
you must pass the all three elements sometime.

In my first testing session I went from 0 to Advanced in one session.
13wpm code and four theory tests. Long day!



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R. Kevin Stover	ACØH

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