"Brenda Ann" wrote in message
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The ARS written test has been a joke for years. All the answers are
published, all one has to do is buy the book and memorize the answers.. no
need to actually KNOW anything. How many of these damn 'appliance
operators' nowadays can actually build their own equipment? How many can
repair the appliances they buy from HRO or Universal Radio (beyond looking
on the internet for mods)?

Agreed. Much like the Microsoft MCSE tests were back in the NT days. There
much tougher now. The ARS could easily make them harder.