Re: ARRL Requests Expanded HF
  By: Ed Vance to Daryl Stout on Sun Mar 04 2018 05:07 pm

 > Why should Technicians try to upgrade to the General Class?

If you want to communicate voice (phone/SSB) over HF, a General Class license
is (almost) a necessity. Technicians can only transmit SSB/phone on a little
slice of the 10M (28MHz) band, that's it. See
http://www.arrl.org/files/file/Regulatory/Band%20Chart/Band%20Chart%208_5%20X%2
011%20Color.pdf for details.

If you're only using UHF/VHF (or CW over HF), a technician's license may be all
you want/need.

 > Since the CW Element for the Amateur Radio Exam has been discontinued
 > isn't the Written Test Element the SAME for the Technician and General
 > Class Licenses as it was in 1959 when I took the the Tech and General
 > written exams?

No, the General Class test has more difficult questions when compared with the
Technician's test. Here's a comparison:
https://www.hamradiolicenseexam.com/which-exam.htm


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