"N2EY" wrote in message
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What didn't work was simply this: Getting a Novice required passing two
tests
(code and theory) while getting a Tech after 1991 required passing just
one. So
most new hams went for the Tech because it was perceived to be easier.


From the introduction of the no-code Tech until April of 2000, the no-code
Technician license required passing two tests: the Novice written and the
Technician written.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE