Ahhh, my typos grow more numerous with age... declining is the word I
meant to type...
As I said, this argument will go on, numbers decline, and always fixes
for a non-existent problem will be applied, I have watched this for
decades now--code is dead and no one will accept that--they won't even
ask the people who WOULD get the licenses if that is true--and it is...
I have asked...

As I look at it, hams are all a bunch which want to destroy the hobby
and watch it die as freqs are stripped away and their numbers become too
small to be of interest to anyone, let alone the FCC... they would ONLY
do this if they wanted the hobby to die--but for some strange
reason--wish to claim otherwise!!! ... go figure...

Warmest regards,
John

"K4YZ" wrote in message
ups.com...
John Smith wrote:
If ever in doubt why the ham numbers are driving...(SNIP)

You don't know how many nights I've sat up wondering where Amateur
numbers were "driving" to...

(UNSNIP)...drive over to a
college, ask students in the electronics engineering and technology
classes why they are not interested in getting a ham license.

Uhhhhhhhhhhhh...classes and working to pay for the
education...?!?!

Many will
really not even know much about--however, when they hear the part
about
code, and how for all privileges you must take the code test--you
lose
them...

No...

YOU will lose them...I tell them about all the great things you
can do with an Amateur License, even the NO CODE TECHNICIAN which
conveys all operating modes and 97% of all allocated frequencies...

That Morse test only applies to less than 3% of Amateur
allocations, and only if you want to operate on HF.

I am sure now there will be a lot who disagree with this--they will
ALL
be over 30 and they will never ask the people who would get the
licenses--why they DON'T get the licenses...

Why should I wonder...?!?!

LOTS of people don't wear dayglo fingernail polish, eat kim-chi,
or have sex in phone booths...

But SOME do!

Nero fiddles--Rome burns...

Let me guess...YOU are the tone deaf nerd in flammable
footie-bottom PJ's asking him if he'll take requests.

Warmest regards,

Unlikely.

John

Uh huh...

Steve, K4YZ