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May 9th 04, 11:00 PM

"Alun" wrote in message
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(Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in
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Subject: News from France
From: Mike Coslo
Date: 5/9/2004 8:38 AM Central Standard Time
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Alun wrote:

I always used to meet people who told me they would get a licence but
for the code test. I think we could have had them in the hobby if we
had abolished code testing 20 years ago, but I think it is too late
and we have blown it. Nobody is clamouring to becme a ham anymore.

WE haven't "blown" anything..."They" have had the opportunity to
get a
code-free license for what...12-13 years now..?!?!

Nope, we needed to give them HF while they were still interested.

Why is that Alun? Do you think that getting out a decent signal on HF is a
piece of cake?

Daily I hear the newguys trying to contact someone. Getting sorry pathetic
signal reports and going away in frustration.

Wonder how many new HFers we lose like that? You know the ones that believe
its soooooo easy to get up on HF? Probably hundreds per week.

I do the best I can when I hear someone like that. But it gets really old
when you trying to have a conversation with a bud, to talk to all the S2
signals.

Perhaps 'giving' out HF is NOT the answer as you think.

Dan/W4NTI