N2EY:

Here is a link to the general test, will all the FALSE ANSWERS REMOVED, please,
share this with the techs, day after the code is dropped, let's see how many we
can get to general!
http://blake.prohosting.com/mailguy2/generaltest.txt

John

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Dee Flint wrote:

In the discussion in the NPRM, they make it clear
that they expect any Tech
not having HF privileges (i.e. codeless Techs)
to take the General exam and
upgrade to get HF privileges.

Interesting - in many ways!

For one thing, there would still be two kinds of
Technicians - those with HF and those without.

But more telling would be how many Techs would
get Generals or Extras in order to get HF.

We'd finally see how much of a "barrier" the
5 wpm code test really is/was, by how many
Techs upgrade and how many don't.

The sad part of it is that the recipe for
success is clear from the history, but
some folks don't like to look at history.

Back in 1951 the Novice license was created.
It was a limited term, easy-to-get license
that started the most new hams out on HF CW.

The Novice license ushered in an era of
tremendous growth in US ham radio. There were
perhaps 100,000 hams in 1951, and a dozen years
later there were 2-1/2 times that many - most
of whom had started out as Novices.

But all attempts to reinvent the Novice were rejected by FCC.
Some of those attempts were ill-conceived in detail, but
the basic concept is valid.

73 de Jim, N2EY