Allen...   
      
    AS@> Hamtest Online is great.  I got my General and Extra using it. I've   
    AS@> recommended it to several over the last few years.   
      
     As noted, I went from Technician to General in 14 days, and to Amateur   
   Extra 13 days later. It was the BEST MONEY I ever spent in amateur radio.   
      
     They do have a special deal for General Class licensees, who have   
   applied for, and have been accredited as Volunteer Examiners. While a    
   General Class VE can give and grade the Technician license exam ONLY, one    
   has to pass that exam FIRST, before trying the General or Amateur Extra   
   exams. But, if an accredited General Class VE has served as a VE at no   
   less than four (4) exam sessions (and it's noted in the VE Session   
   counts), they can sign up with Ham Test Online to take the Amateur   
   Extra course FREE OF CHARGE.   
      
     The incentive of that, is that an accredited Amateur Extra Class VE   
   can give and grade ALL the exams.   
      
     While they didn't have this "discount" when I used HamTestOnline, the   
   main reason I upgraded was not so much to operate HF...but to help with   
   license exam sessions. In central Arkansas several years ago, they were   
   literally "begging and pleading" for VE's to help with test sessions.   
   And, I was asked by a VE Team Liasion to serve at a recent hamfest test   
   session.   
      
   Daryl, Wx1DER   
   ARRL/VEC Amateur Extra Class VE   
      
   ... I CQ. Therefore, I HAM. -- DE WX1DER   
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