Cecil Moore wrote in news:qoush.50660$wc5.9835
@newssvr25.news.prodigy.net:

wrote:
How they compare to the current exams is a matter of opinion. IMHO
the old exams covered fewer subjects but covered them in much more
detail.

That's probably true. So do "we" want new hams to
have a broad-shallow knowledge or a narrow-deep
knowledge? Do "we" want Swiss Army Knife type hams
or quantum electrodynamic photon experts? I suggest
the former would be more valuable to the "service".

Seems to me that a ham who is a jack-of-all-trades-
and-master-of-none would be more valuable to the
"service" than one who is ignorant of most trades
and master of one.

There are so many more possibilities in Amateur radio these days.
Lots of possibilities for test questions. RF safety, spaec station
operations. More bands to have those stupid band questions. Seems like a
good thing to me.

We often hear (and I believe) that the test is a starting point, not an
end. Exposure to the many facets of Amateur radio can only be better
than lots of questions about just a few subjects.

- 73 de Mike KB3EIA -