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September 23rd 04, 10:23 PM

(N2EY) wrote in
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"Dee D. Flint" wrote in message
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"N2EY" wrote in message
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In article , Alun
writes:

I tend to think that a single class of licence would be a good
idea, although many people argue that there should also be a
beginner's licence, and I am not totally opposed to that. I don't
see a genuine need for more than two licences, though.

Then what you'd want, ideally, is a single class of license whose
written test would at least be equivalent to the current written
requirements for Extra - all in one go.

It would also need to include those elements from the Tech and General
tests that are not repeated in the Extra class test.

Right you are, Dee.

That would mean an exam of at least 100 questions, allowing for
overlap and the simplification of some rules. And the prospective ham
would have to pass it all in one shot.

Would that *really* be optimum for the ARS?

73 de Jim, N2EY

When the UK had a single theory test it had 95 questions of all levels of
difficulty. I thought that was optimum, so, of course, they did away with
it!