Re: ARRL Requests Expanded HF   
     By: Ed Vance to Daryl Stout on Sun Mar 04 2018 05:07 pm   
      
    > Why should Technicians try to upgrade to the General Class?   
      
   If you want to communicate voice (phone/SSB) over HF, a General Class license   
   is (almost) a necessity. Technicians can only transmit SSB/phone on a little   
   slice of the 10M (28MHz) band, that's it. See   
   http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Regulatory/Band%20Chart/Band%20Chart%208_5%20X%2   
   011%20Color.pdf for details.   
      
   If you're only using UHF/VHF (or CW over HF), a technician's license may be all   
   you want/need.   
      
    > Since the CW Element for the Amateur Radio Exam has been discontinued   
    > isn't the Written Test Element the SAME for the Technician and General   
    > Class Licenses as it was in 1959 when I took the the Tech and General   
    > written exams?   
      
   No, the General Class test has more difficult questions when compared with the   
   Technician's test. Here's a comparison:   
   https://www.hamradiolicenseexam.com/which-exam.htm   
      
      
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