The ARS written test has been a joke for years. All the answers are
published, all one has to do is buy the book and memorize the answers..
no need to actually KNOW anything

a bit of a strawman argument, as the other FCC exams are also
published. When I tested for my 1st Class lic back in 78 (now the GROL)
we learned the test by taking and retaking older tests, provided to us
at Brown Inst by the FCC themselves.

You still gotta know the maths to do the formulae, etc. But most the
other regualtory stuff is easy to whip by rote memory...

I don't see wiping away the CW req. to really boost the roles of us
hams, it's a slowily dying hobby, well not dying, I don;t think it'll
ever go dark on us, but it ain't what it was.

73 de Dave
N0TXW.