Len Over 21 wrote:

In article , Mike Coslo writes:

N2EY wrote:
In article , Mike Coslo
writes:

That was for a Novice!

Good questions! And actually not all that hard. Sounds like an
enjoyable test to take.

Easy to say when you've taken all your tests and never have to
take another test (if you renew within time bounds).

Put yourself in the newcomer's place and look at it from their
vantage point -and- that of the FCC.

But, I don't think you will. You will, like way too many others,
look at it from your own personal viewpoint and experience and
desires and by default try to make all newcomers think as you do.

You, Len, like way too many others, look at things from your own
personal viewpoint and experience and desires and attempt to dictate
regulation of amateur radio from that perspective. You'd have all the
newcomers think of a five word per minute code test as an insurmountable
obstacle.

You can't freeze testing as it was in 1976...or 1986, 1966, 1956,
1946, or 1936. The overall environment is constantly changing
even if your personal activities isn't changing.

"Activities isn't"?

Testing was changed again just a few years back. You know, around the
time you were going to get an "Extra right out of the box". You really
mustn't rush into these things. Take a few decades. Try to decide
about GETTING INTO AMATEUR RADIO. Then all you have to do is wait and
hope that the requirements will be lowered enough so that you can get
in.

Dave K8MN