N2EY wrote:
In article , Robert Casey
writes:


Hams - old and new - didn't change the exam procedures. Neither did
ARRL, NCI, NCVEC or any other ham group. FCC did, because it saved
them resources.

We aren't going to a system other than multiple-choice
published-Q&A-pool exams in the foreseeable future. Just not gonna
happen.


ANd then there's the question of what knowledge should be expected from
applicants anyway. Does it really require more knowledge and skill to
operate on 14.167 vs 14.344?


More spectrum is simply the reward system in use. It was chosen in large part
because it's easy to enforce.


Another thought is that at HF frequencies, a inexperienced or poor
operator can propagate their signal over the whole world. If I were to
be making a training ground for amateurs, it would be using line of
sight type signals