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Wonder how licensing will change...
When they drop the morse code test requirement, it's
fairly clear to me they just won't "drop" it all by itself with a stroke of an administrative pen; I imagine it will accompany other changes in the license structure... what do you think will also change in the licensing system when the drop the morse code test? Clint KB5ZHT |
Clint wrote:
When they drop the morse code test requirement, it's fairly clear to me they just won't "drop" it all by itself with a stroke of an administrative pen; I imagine it will accompany other changes in the license structure... what do you think will also change in the licensing system when the drop the morse code test? This is the biggest reason that I believe it will take quite a while to remove the Morse test. There will probably be a lot of changes that need to be discussed and made, if the licensing structure is to make any sense. My earlier prediction was 4 years in a "guess the drop time" contest we started earlier in the year. I would guess that we will have either two or three classes, as we do now: The technician license will probably be very similar to what it is now. I don't know that any significant changes will be made. The HF licenses are a much murkier area. If there were to be only two license classes, my wish would be that the testing regimen would be more or less what the Extra is now. But there may be some resistance to that, and it is understandable. There is no reason not to have an entry level HF license similar to the General. I tend toward two license classes, but don't have any strong feelings against three. Testing...... The multiple guess format is probably here to stay. I don't think it is as bad as some say. Reading the answers in a textbook or reading them in multiple choice format is all the same to me. It took me a week of fairly steady study to get ready for the exam. The way they get you to learn is to have a lot of questions, and only test on a few. And as a fairly new Extra, I can say that those answers don't always show up in the same abcd order as they do in the question pools. So you really do have to know an answer. I would like to see the tests a little more in depth (note I don't say harder) with more operation questions. Perhaps even a post-test booklet with good operating procedures. I really needed this after passing my general. I had some small HF experience from contesting with the club, but contesting etiquette and everyday etiquette are two very different things. My biggest hope is that we take the time to make a good system, and not come up with some Byzantine mess. - Mike KB3EIA - |
I imagine it
will accompany other changes in the license structure... what do you think will also change in the licensing system when the drop the morse code test? Clint KB5ZHT What ever the License change will be, the written will become even easier. |
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computron dot net writes: When they drop the morse code test requirement, it's fairly clear to me they just won't "drop" it all by itself with a stroke of an administrative pen; Why not? That's all that most of the anticodetest petitions are asking for. Both the NCI and NCVEC petitions simply ask for the dropping of Element 1 and nothing else. I imagine it will accompany other changes in the license structure... Only if somebody asks for them. The FCC considered all sorts of proposals 4 years ago and we got what we have now. what do you think will also change in the licensing system when the drop the morse code test? |
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I figure 3 classes... probably a entry level "no HF" license, and
then 2 licenses that reflect different levels of expressed knowledge, that is, seperate amounts of frequency priviledges. I'd prefer more, but for some reason I feel it will settle to 3.... What WAS a no code tech license will be the equivalent to the new entry level license, what is now the general class will be the middle license, and extra being the "top" license. Personally, I think they should just "drop" the code part of the test and not effect the number of license, keep them the same, or increase them back to what it was before. My $.02 |
"WA8ULX" wrote in message
... What ever the License change will be, the written will become even easier. I don't agree with that. Clint -- -- Get in touch with your soul: www.glennbeck.com OR, if you're a liberal, maybe you can FIND one -- |
"Clint" wrote
what do you think will also change in the licensing system when the drop the morse code test? Go to http://home.earthlink.net/~k0hb and click on the link "FCC Comments" in the left column. That describes the most sensible "post-CW-test" structure. 73, de Hans, K0HB |
"Dan/W4NTI" w4nti@get rid of this mindspring.com wrote in message
hlink.net... Why should the FCC simply grandfather the Tech (no code) to Tech plus (code and Novice test) ?? The Tech (no code) has no HF test questions. (as I understand it). Thus there is no reason a Tech (no code) would, or should be qualified to operate HF. It's a "gimme," Dan. In other words, some may be hoping that by "giving" no-code Technicians an "unearned" slice of HF, it can be called an agreeable compromise to retain Element 1 for the Extra. (Perhaps even the General.) I personally don't think it'll work, but the FCC might go for it. Who knows? -- 73 de Bert WA2SI |
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