"Steve Robeson K4CAP" wrote


Hans, where's the "wrong message" about offering a program that
provides a
structured training program for those that want it?


Nothing wrong with that at all. ARRL and hundreds of clubs across the
country offer "structured training programs".

What IS wrong with your proposed program is the notion of "you can't
operate with this license unless you're supervised".

Our beloved ham radio service has thrived over the years because a
fundamental feature of its charter (97.1) is the encouragement of
independent tinkering and just plain "I wonder if this would work"
experimentation. It'd be a very stagnant and uninteresting place if
that individual exhuberace were replaced with supervisors who taught
only the "right way to be a ham".

If you want "structured", join MARS or CAP, where structure is important
and very desireable for uniform and consistent styles of operation. Let
amateur radio remain vibrant, free-spirited, and willing to try a lot of
"crazy crap" just to see if it works if for no other reason. That's how
many of our contributions to SOTA came about, not by "supervision".

73, de Hans, K0HB