"N2EY" wrote

Then, what special knowledge is imparted by being able to pass the General
and
Extra class written tests that is a minimum qualification for the
privileges
granted by those licenses *and* is not tested adequately by the Technician
test?

What difference was there between a 1953 Technician written test, and a 1953
General written test? Nothing, of course. They were exactly the same
examination.

But the 1953 General could beep 8WPM faster than the Tech. This 8WPM
qualified them to operate on 2-meters where the Tech had no privileges in
1953. Novices of that era also beeped at 8WPM less than a General, but they
*could* operate on 2-meters, and on 3 HF bands closed to Tech's. Didn't
make any sense then --- still doesn't.

My point? All these arbitrary differences in operating privileges are just
that --- arbitrary, based mostly on a misguided agenda of 'social
engineering' by the regulators.

73, de Hans, K0HB