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July 2nd 04, 09:51 PM
Aaron Jones
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I find it odd beyond words that John's 1960'ish Technician license,
schematic diagrams, hand calculations of series and parallel
circuits, 5 WPM sending and receiving with 1 minute of solid copy at
the FCC, no question pool, is arguably a more difficult exam than
the current Extra.
The Tech and General were the exact same written test at the time. The General
had to be passed in front of a FCC examiner whereas the Tech could be taken by
mail.
I think the present Extra test is much harder than that General was then as far
a *technical questions* are concerned. However the current ham tests are easier
to memorize and pass without knowing anything. I will admit that as a high
school student I was able to pass the General test in 1958 without knowing
much...
About 1964, the years are blurring together, incentive licensing
degraded my general and I took the Advanced.
Yep, did the same thing, although somewhat later than you. A guy by the name of
Bash got me going. Seems he published a book with the *exact* questions and
answers for the exams. Everyone seemed to think that was cheating at the time.
How things change...
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