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From one bitter clinger to another, congratulations on the upgrade. My journey to Extra was on a whim. I had became interested in and passed the Novice ticket back in the 70’s but never could get the time or money to set up a station.
About 6 years ago I found myself wanting a career change and went back an pursued an electronics degree. During the middle of that I had the inspiration to renew my interest in ham radio so I glanced at the question pool, decided to give it a try, and found a location that was testing. We still had the minimal code requirement in effect, so I found evidence of my old novice ticket to present and sat down to take the tests. To be honest, the hardest parts for me were memorizing the band allocations because I'd never had the operating experience. I sat through all the tests and came out of he session having zero experience and an Extra license. Well, at least it would show up in a couple of weeks. The first contact I made was exciting and a story unto itself, but I've enjoyed the hobby immensely. 73 and good job on your adventures.

Ha fortunately almost nothing about band alloc. in the Extra exam itself because it's just the red/green on the top line & no other worries - and good for me because what's in place now barely resembles what it was when I last operated.

30M being digital only was the only band related question and it would have been maybe more appropriate for General.

But I do recall the General exam having a lot of coverage on all aspects of the FCC rules and I think it was the key make or break topic for that test.

Advanced I reckon was more mixed but as someone else said that's kind of an orphan now.