Bill Sohl wrote:

"Dee D. Flint" wrote in message
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"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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Indeed, if we support the lowered power limits, and all, is there a
good argument for simply letting Novices on the air with no
requirements? Learn as they go?

- Mike KB3EIA -

If the new "Novice" or "Communicator" proposals get instituted, I will

tell

any beginning class that I teach that we are going to go all the way to
General. It won't be worth my time to teach otherwise.


Do you really believe that bringing in a new ham at the
proposed novice level isn't worth it?

If the tests are going to be geared to "an average sixth grader", and
one of the requirements is to sign a paper stating that you have read
part 97, exactly what is the class going to consist of? And since ther
is a good possibility that the General test is going to end up being at
the level of the Technician license.

I know I'm mixing proposals there, but the point is, maybe the new
novice or communicator should be easy enough that people *don't* have to
take any classes for it.


My goal or objective would be to encourage
as many new people, especially kids, to get a novice license
and just see how it goes from there.

Sure, I will work with whatever we have. That doesn't mean that I have
to like it tho'

- Mike KB3EIA -