C wrote in message .. .
My only gripe with the code is the testing. It is stated as a 5 word
per minute test. When I challenged the test a few weeks ago I found that
it is actually anywhere from 13 to 18 words per minute, not 5 words per
minute. The 5 words per minute is a lie....

You are correct, sir.

The exam administered by the various VEC's is called Farnsworth. If
you look at Part 97, you will see that it specifies Morse. Farnsworth
is mentioned nowhere in Part 97. Furthermore, the specification of
Morse Code is defined nowhere in Part 97, nor in all of Title 47. We
on RRAP have been down this road before.

Basically, if you are a Pro-Code Test Agenda type, you agree to allow
the VEC's to break the law, even encourage it because the examinee may
eventually want to actually use Code at a higher speed.

But if you can read, you see that Morse is specified, not Farnsworth.

If you happen to know enough about all this to ask for the real Morse
Exam at a test session, then the VE must accomodate you. But the
aren't likely to mention it unless you do. If you've been studying
the Morse training tapes, you are likely to fail the Farnsworth exam.

Farnsworth is fairly well agreed to be the better METHOD to learning
faster code. By the time one gets to about 20WPM, there is supposed
to be no difference between Farnsworth and Morse, but with the various
code tutor programs, anything is possible.

Anyway, the VEC's are administering a code exam not specified in Part
97.

Hopefully it will all be over with soon.

Good luck, Brian