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March 15th 05, 12:34 AM

wrote:
Dave Heil wrote:
bb wrote:
Dave Heil wrote:

Any changes made to amateur radio regulation effect those
who are already licensed.

I don't see how. Will you be at least 14 years of age
when the FCC drags you in for a retest?

I'm not scheduled. I'm not likely to be scheduled
and the FCC doesn't drag anyone for anything.

Dave,

You're missing some basic points about this minimum-age-requirement
idea.

First off, there has never been such a requirement in the USA. Not
even
back before WW1.

And prior to the Morse Exam requirement, there had been no Morse Exam
requirement.

Jim, you've just got to realize that there are "firsts" for many things
in life.

Len Anderson, who requested the age requirement of FCC and who has
a self-admitted problem with young people being licensed, has been
repeatedly asked to provide evidence - any evidence - that there
is some sort of problem caused by lack of an age requirement.

Len has a self-admitted problem with the arbitrary licensing
requirements that are in-play today, some of which you support. That
he would suggest yet another one may only be a strawman. Something to
jar your noggin into doing what it was designed to do.

He has provided no evidence at all of such problems. Nor has anyone
else.

Welp, there was the unlicensed Kelly...

As a diversion, it has been suggested that such an age requirement
would not affect most hams today, such as you (K8MN) and Steve
(K4YZ).
The clear implication is that you shouldn't oppose it because you're
over 14, and were at least 14 when you were first licensed.

Len has been reminded again and again and again not to pay any
attention to things which don't concern him. So if you are not
affected by Len's suggested age requirement, perhaps you should take
your own advice and not be concerned.

But there's a clear contradiction in that diversion, because the
person
demanding the age restriction is way over the age of 14, so it won't
affect him, either.

Ah, you caught my one and only flaw. You da man.

In fact, if we follow the logic of 'it doesn't affect you', it could
be
argued that since Len Anderson obvioulsy doesn't want
an amateur license, he has no real grounds for complaint at all.

He isn't complaining. He is petitioning his government for change
which is a protected right in America. I think.

His only apparent involvement in amateur radio is spouting off
{EXPLETIVE DELETED}, nonsense and abuse on usenet, and in general
acting like a
complete {EXPLETIVE DELETED}. His sole follower simply performs a
variation on his
themes. Why bother with them?

Lions and tigers and bears. Oh, my!

Reverend Jim must leave the Antenna Mount at once. Say pennance or be
defrocked.

Yes, Mr. Anderson did say that he was "going for Extra right out of
the
box" back on January 19, 2000. But he hasn't taken even the first
step
towards doing so, and there's no evidence he ever will.

Is there a time limit on getting an amateur license, or is it
self-paced?

So the
requirements for an amateur license don't affect him in the least.

Perhaps they really do affect Len. Perhaps they affect every American
whether they're aware of it or not. Ever think of that?

There's no good reason for a minimum age requirement for an amateur
radio license in the USA. We have more than 90 years of evidence to
back that up.

73 de Jim, N2EY

Welp, Jim. You sound like you've had your fair share of sour grapes
today. Take the rest of the day off.