.... no, you are talking about a minority which has no comparison...
hams... but next closest minority is illegal aliens...

John

"Dan/W4NTI" wrote in message
ink.net...
I am not talking about illegals, or minorities. At least try to stay
on subject.

Dan/W4NTI
"John Smith" wrote in message
...
... let's reset back to reality, there are fewer hams in the
world--than illegal aliens in the state of california (and about 41
million illegals in the nation)...
a true minority... the number of new keys are simply not worth
mentioning in comparison... hams must be THE smallest minority
wanting special privileges for a damn hobby! ... if you haven't
thought of it like that before--think of it now--not all are fools...

John

"Dan/W4NTI" wrote in message
ink.net...
Oh really? Then how do we explain the young contesters out there?
Or the many QSOs I have with hams on CW in their 20s and 30s? And I
don't operate at 5wpm. Neither do they...think maybe they picked up
some speed, eh?

Dan/W4NTI

"John Smith" wrote in message
...
Morse is a ghost language spoken by old men when they do their
rants and name their illnesses--much to the dismay of the vital and
youthful hams...

The new 5 WPM test for all classes will guarantee you will NOT be
speaking morse to any young men--they will pass the 5 WPM to get
the extra license... then you will never see them again--except on
phone and modem...

John
"Dan/W4NTI" wrote in message
nk.net...
Bet the pilots among them know Morse.

Dan/W4NTI

"John Smith" wrote in message
...
Well, all the astronauts are no code techs... guess those
no-code'ers are in good and technical company...

Warmest regards,
John
wrote in message
oups.com...
From: John Smith on Jun 8, 5:50 pm

You would think the ARRL high priest would not abandon these
guys--times
must be tough...

http://www.arrl.org/news/stori?es/2004/05/22/1/?nc=1

John
--
Watching the cutting edge of yesterday replay--in virtual
reality, right
before my eyes--in real time!
Thirty year old technology--wasn't it amazing?

Tsk. It took the League long enough to see the "duhhhh..."
:-)

They've had adequate numbers all along. They've been seeing
only what they want to believe.

As of the end of 2004 the League had only 140 thousand
members.
That's about 20 percent of all U.S. amateur licensees. [from
QST advertising webpage]

Haynie has said that a "survey" showed fully 1 in 5 hams
actually got on the air? Oh, my, a remarkable coincidence
in the percentage of League membership. :-)

[we now pause to have all loyal league believers vent their
rage against those who defile 'their' organization...]