Anyone tried the new exam system yet?

[VK4WDM]

Hello All,
            Just a quick update.  My licence has come through today, after a quick reminder to ACMA.  So for those counting, that's  4 weeks from taking the exam to getting the actual licence.  For those counting the $, you can add $80 to costs and that now takes me to total of $295, for the exams, callsign recommendation and licence.

Thanks Doug for updating my username :-)

Tim VK4MST

I am always impressed by the "family clusters" of hams in the USA. Many OM XYL partnerships and very often children as well.  Obviously the low costs and minimal bureaucracy makes this an attractive option.  

Unfortunately we have been locked into a much more costly system in VK (Tim has not mentioned the cost of the annual license fee) with a drawn out process. 

Wayne VK4WDM