realradioham wrote:

"Peter" wrote in message
...
CW does not make you a better radio amateur but it does give some
folk on this newgroup an inflated opinion of themselves. Perhaps that
test and the RAE are only exams they have ever been able to pass? ;-)

Peter, G3PHO


The RAE was never an exam. It's not reconsider by any employer as a
qualification. The Morse test merely showed a dedication to the hobby. A
better test enabling access to HF would be an exam testing the ability of
the individual to rectify emc issues etc.

rrh

Wrong. The RAE that Peter and I (callsign not that far away from Peter's)
sat certainly was an exam. It required you to demonstrate real knowledge of
things you needed to know then. From memory, it was 3 hours (maybe 2) of
essay type questions that could not be guessed. You had to demonstrate
understanding. And I know there were lots of employers who considered it a
good vocational qualification. But the need for that particular knowledge has
changed. We don't claim any superiority.