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   Message 1,927 of 2,531   
   Daryl Stout to ROB SWINDELL   
   ARRL Requests Expanded HF   
   06 Jun 18 18:55:00   
   
   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-exam.htm   
      
     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.    
      
     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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