On Sep 3, 2005, at 10:03 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Plus the current 50 question Extra contains everything needed to go
from
General to Extra. Between 1967 and 2000, the step from General to
Extra took two
written
exams totaling 90 questions. A valid comparison would look at the
combined
Advanced/Extra of the past vs. the current Extra.
As I remember the 1980-era Extra exam was a lot easier than the
Advanced. Of course, you also had to deal with the 20 wpm code test,
too. But, one certainly didn't need to be an EE to pass the Extra
exam at that time.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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