[Elecraft] Dropping the Code Test

[W2AGN]

Bill Coleman wrote:
>
> 
> 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
> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
>             -- Wilbur Wright, 1901

Well, I took both the Amateur Extra and the First Class Commercial 
Radiotelephone back in 1974. At that time at least, they were 
comparable. Of course, by the 80's, the "dumbing-down"
mat have started.

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