[Elecraft] Dropping the Code Test

[Bill Coleman]

On Sep 3, 2005, at 10:03 AM, N2EY at aol.com wrote:

> Plus the current 50 question Extra contains everything needed to go  
> from
> General to Extra. Between 1967 and 2000, the step from General to  
> Extra took two
> written
> exams totaling 90 questions. A valid comparison would look at the  
> combined
> Advanced/Extra of the past vs. the current Extra.

As I remember the 1980-era Extra exam was a lot easier than the  
Advanced. Of course, you also had to deal with the 20 wpm code test,  
too. But, one certainly didn't need to be an EE to pass the Extra  
exam at that time.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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