An excerpt from a letter about amateur radio
exams in the letters to the editor
section of a national magazine for hams:
Why not keep things as they are?
If the examinations were made any easier,
the bands would be crowded worse than they
are now. If changed to all-code or to
all-technical questions, a particular class would
be favored. As it is, we have a balanced
examination that gives everyone an equal
chance, not too much code nor too much
technical knowledge being required.
That letter appeared in the May 1938 issue
of
Radio magazine. Like the book says,
nothing new under the sun.