"Dee Flint" wrote in message
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"Bill Sohl" wrote in message
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Yep. FCC also reduced the written tests at the same time
and closed off three license classes to new issues.

I presume you mean the FCC reduced the number
of written tests as opposed to the overall
difficulty of the test material since the syllabus for
the now three remaining test elements did not change.

The syllabus for the Extra class license most certainly did change. The
material that had formerly been on the Advanced license was rolled into
the Extra exam. However, due to timing issues there was a very short
window of time where anyone upgrading was taking the Extra exam that did
not include that material as the question pool took a while to revise.

The syllabus for the Technician also changed although not as dramatically
and again timing issues came into play so that there was a window where
the exams had not yet been updated. But it was revised to cover the
material that had been on the old Novice exam as well as including the
Technician material.

Agree as to the specific syllabus for Tech and Extra (both increased
in overall material). My point was that the total material covered
did not become less than it was before.

The only syllabus that was unaffected was that of the General license.

Agreed.

Cheers,
Bill K2UNK