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August 16th 04, 04:30 PM

(Quitefine) wrote in message ...
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(William) writes:

Hans, you saying, "*MY* Amateur Radio Service," just smacks of "Old
Flatulencism."

Hans is a radio amateur.

True enough.

His use
of the possessive is common and
proper English. Just as someone
will speak of "my church", "my
school" or "my community" even
though the speaker does not own
them.

I read it differently.
Hans emphasized "*MY*" as in ownership.

Like when taking command of a Flight, you preface
the event with the phrase, "By *MY* Command!"

"LHA" is not a radio amateur, and
so cannot say it is "his" amateur
radio.

Len is an American. It is as much his as it could
be anyone elses.

(Sorry Hans, I CAN"T say O.F. or the Semi-Moral Minority will
cane me. Hi, hi!)

You can write whatever you wish. But
then you must allow others the same
freedom. This seems to be a problem
for you.

Jim, you just end up looking bad when you alter
the quote of other peoples posts. I'd advise
against doing that in the future. But hey,
you've already earned your reputation.

Numerous people wanted to join the amateur service because of the
emergency service aspect of our hobby.

Whom? How many? Who are
these people?

They are the ones getting licensed every day.
You're the one who posts the numbers each month.
Drill down into the data to see what their
names are and their spankin' new call signs.

They may have no interest in
building NE602 receivers or CW memory keyers.

Is that a problem?

Actually, it may be a problem if they do.

As such, the Technician
exam is too complex material for a person with such intentions.

What is your solution?
Is the Technician test
so difficult that it
represents a barrier to
the entry of new hams?
Is it full of questions on
NE602 receivers and
memory keyers?

Hans and I are in agreement on a new license class.

On the other hand, a student license with mandatory hand holding is
lunacy.

Not lunacy. Simply not
a good idea, in our opinion.

OK, not lunacy. Just impossible to work properly.
A paper drill where everyone signs off but does
nothing. Except at the Dayton Hamvention Dinner
where someone get an award for signing off the
most paperwork.

So in the end, I agree to not have such a license class. But
remember, Jim says that we need more license classes. Apparently it
doesn't matter how he gets them.

To which "Jim" do you refer?
We have read posts here recently
from AA2QA, N2EY, and at least
one other "Jim".

Jimmy Who.

The only one we recall who
has recently written about the
number of license classes is
the "Jim" with the callsign N2EY.
He proposed three license classes.

That would be you.

So it cannot be "Jim/N2EY" to
whom you refer.

Says you, Who.

Is there another "Jim" who "wants
more license classes"?

How many?

How high?