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Message   Daryl Stout    ROB SWINDELL   ARRL Requests Expanded HF   June 6, 2018
 6:55 PM *  

Rob,

RS>No, the General Class test has more difficult questions when compared with t
RS>Technician's test. Here's a comparison:
RS>https://www.hamradiolicenseexam.com/which-exa...

  Two comments on that.

  First, when I took the General Class written exam, 5 months after the
FCC dropped the Morse Code requirement, I thought it was a piece of
cake...but I had been studying 2 hours a day for 2 weeks...and with
HamTestOnline (the URL you noted).

  Second, after going from Technician to General in 14 days, it only
took 13 days (studying 2 hours a day) to go from General to Amateur
Extra. I barely passed the Extra at the license exam session...but "a
win by 1 is as good as a win by 10".

  Doing both courses with HamTestOnline was the best money I ever spent
in amateur radio. Both John Cunningham, W1AI...and his wife, Christina,
KT1NA (who went from zero to Extra in one sitting), "know me" -- I guess
I have a reputation. <G>

  Plus, they offer the Amateur Extra course, a $35 value, FREE...if
you're a currently accredited Volunteer Examiner (with ARRL/VEC, W5YI
VEC, Laurel VEC, etc.), and have served at least 3 times in the last 12
months.

  Had it not been for deciding to becomine a Volunteer Examiner in
central Arkansas (several years ago, they were literally begging and
pleading for VE's at a local hamfest), I likely would've still been a
Technician Class licensee. In short, I upgraded not so much to operate
on HF...but to be a VE to help people get licensed, and upgraded. In
nearly 11 years of being a VE, I've done nearly 200 license exam
sessions.

Daryl, WX1DER
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