ARS License Numbers
Sal M. Onella wrote:
I am quite sure that they all got their tickets with CW
required. And the problem stations on 75 are quite the same. Which
also proves nothing either way.
it does prove that CW testing is at best poor proof of screening out
bad ops
There's no test for one important ham skill: typing.
I asked around and found this practice is far from rare; I'm not sure
"common" is the right word, though.
We also might want to test for basic language skills, including punctuation.
why?
why do do we want to restrict the numer of hams in that manner
While it's not always true, the disagreeable transmissions (and NG posts)
often make the speakers/writers sound pretty ignorant.
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