At 08:08 PM 3/3/97 -0500, you wrote:
>What you say about sending speed is true -- the issue, though, is how well
>can we send. The purpose of the original sending test was so you could
>demonstrate to the examiner that you could send recognizable code. The FCC
>examiners used to give you a page from a book or magazine and have you start
>sending. If you were competent you never had to send much more than 20 or
>30 seconds. I doubt if it will burden the VE teams much and it just might
>improve what we hear on the air.
>
>
Good point, and wouldn't take too much in the way of resources to do. Maybe
if the rules were changed to allow Advanced VE's to test for the Advanced
portion, it might speed things up. Right now, Adv are wasted as all they can
do is test for licenses up to the general level.
73,
Bob, KI7MN Chandler, AZ ScQRPion QRP-L #271, NorCal #1228, CQC #274, QRP
ARCI #8918, AK QRP #30, not in any order of importance.
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