It seems to me it would be a lot simpler to have the rules say that
*any* class
of code tested license or equivalent CSCE would grant Element 1
credit, but
they don't. The written test situation is even odder, but it could be
argued
that the old writtens did not include RF exposure questions and the
regs have
changed quite a bit.


I'll bet you have a headache now, Jim! Its kind of like what I was
saying about actions and their consequences. Any time you change a
rule there are plenty of consequenses - like removing Element one
without any other changes. (which I think is impossible anyway, BTW)

Some brearucrat must have wrote those rules. And didn't understand that
a 13wpm or
20wpm code test would imply the ability to do 5wpm, and thus deserve
credit for element 1.
Said brearucrat was probably told to get the ham rules done this
afternoon, and get on
the new cell phone or whatever rules tommrow.