Slow Code wrote:
5wpm ain't really learning it. I can fart 5 wpm.

Lets kick the requirement up there to between 13 and 20 wpm for all
classes. And no-codes that haven't passed it after a year get booted which
will help clean up the repeaters.

SC

Ok, I am a traditionalist, sorry.

5wpm should not be an impediment to anyone with normal faculties and
normal physical dexterity.
I could do 5 wpm at 7 or 8 and I did not know a ham operator...my dad
taught me after he came home from Army as Radio op. Never used it for
15 or so years.

At 25 I took a novice class (finally) and was doing over 20wpm in 2-3
weeks.

For anything above the entry license, a code increase would be
warranted to operate in the best cw bands, maybe.

When I took my General, Advanced, and Extra I had to do it at the FCC
office and took and sent code from the Director, Detroit office. Talk
about nervous!
I dont think you can compare the V.E.C. experience (as good a job as
they do) with that for excitement and stress.
When you came out of the MCNamara Bldg in Detroit, you knew you had
taken a test. You knew you had earned your ticket!

No, I would not stay on C.B.......as good a service as it is, it cannot
compare with the people of Ham Radio.