Dave Heil wrote:
wrote:
Dave Heil wrote:
bb wrote:
Dave Heil wrote:
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.
Correct.
Also, many other countries which once had age requirements (like
Canada) have abandoned them.
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 never come up with any proof for his assertion of ARRL
dishonesty either.
I didn't ask for proof. Just evidence. Len has not provided
*any* evidence in either case.
He has provided no evidence at all of such problems.
Nor has anyone else.
That'd likely be because there is no such evidence in existence.
Yep.
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.
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.
It remains that it has not been demonstrated that such
a rule change would be a positive thing.
It's quite clear that it would be a negative thing.
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.
To be completely fair to Len, he does not desire an
amateur radio
license at this time. He changes his view from time to
time on whether he desires an amateur radio license.
That is certainly a more accurate way of saying it.
However, please note that at no time has Len's desire for
an amateur radio license reached the point where he
actually obtained one. So it cannot be much of a desire
even at its greatest.
His only apparent involvement in amateur radio is spouting off
bull****, nonsense and abuse on usenet, and in general
acting like a complete jackass.
His sole follower simply performs a variation on his
themes. Why bother with them?
Len believes that by commenting to the FCC in regard
to amateur radio
regulations and by doing whatever it is that he does
here, he is somehow
participating in amateur radio itself.
Just a matter of semantics.
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. So the
requirements for an amateur license don't affect him in the
least.
Precisely what I've told him over the years. He is
uninvolved in
amateur radio. He is a non-participant in amateur radio. He is
irrelevant to amateur radio. He has no experience in amateur
radio.
Like the Norwegian Blue parrot....
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.
You'd think that if a problem existed, it would have
manifested itself by now.
Yep. But it hasn't. And as previously mentioned, the cb
service had such a rule, but it was not effective in
keeping that service well-behaved and law-abiding.
73 de Jim, N2EY