[Elecraft] 20 WPM

[Phil Kane]

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:35:47 -0600, Doug Smith wrote:

>The exams are all given by the equivalent of the VE guys --
>private contractors of some sort..

  They are called COLEMs (Commercial Operator License Examination
  Managers) and they are not volunteer non-profit folks like VEs
  are.  They can charge what the market will bear and do not have
  to offer all examinations that an applicant may request.

  What a racket.

  The only ones at the agency who welcomed the privatization of
  exams (both ham and commercial) were a number of secretaries in
  some offices who were detailed as examiners and who regarded
  the paperwork involved in giving the exams and dealing with the
  applicants as well as the "moving target" requirements handed
  down from Headquarters as a burden on their regular jobs, which
  quite frankly it was.

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   73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
   Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402