[CCF] Fw: VE rules in general

[Timo]

Hiukan infoa USA:n kokeesta from K6KR via OH2KI 

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>You have to pass all the license exam elements in sequence.  
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>While the US offers a reciprocal licensing program, there's no
>examination credit for holding a license from another country.  In other
>words, you can operate in the USA with your OH license, but to get a US
>license you have to pass the examinations.
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>The CW test consists of playing an audio tape and then filling out an
>answer form.  Or we can check for one minute of solid copy.  It's one
>side of a QSO.  You'll be asked questions like "what city is he in", and
>get to choose from a list of four answers.
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>The license classes are Technician, General, and Extra.  Everyone has to
>pass the Technician exam (that's just a written test). There is a
>"technician with code" class that gets you limited HF privileges.  To
>get a General, you have to pass another written test and a 5 WPM CW
>test.  To get an Extra you have to have passed the Technician and
>General and Extra written tests and the 5 WPM CW test.
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>The hardest part is the regulations.  Knowing what frequencies on 40
>meters are available to the various license levels, for example, is a
>problem for all of us.
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>The Extra class test is actually quite hard.
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>73 de Dick, K6KR
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jorma Saloranta [mailto:jorma@salor.pp.fi] 
>Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 9:03 AM
>To: k6kr@arrl.net
>Subject: VE rules in general
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>Dick, excuse me to ask, but people ask me. Please some basic rules:
>- all have to start from lower level, e.g. Finnish highest class does
>not
>give right to try direct a or e right?
>- CW is either 5ch groups or the tick sheet test after listening to
>traffic, right?
>- you pass CW in what examination, general?
>- what are the classes today as I believe that some changes occured not
>long ago?
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>73 OH2KI
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