John Smith I wrote:


Len don't give a chit about children having
fun ...

Well, actually he does - and not in a positive way.

There's never been a minimum age requirement for a US amateur radio
license.

Len thinks there should be such a requirement. He thinks no one under
the age of 14 years
should be able to get any class of US amateur license, regardless of
their ability to pass the license tests.

That's not just from his postings here - he put such a proposal into
one of his official comments to FCC.

When asked what problems were caused by lack of such a requirement, he
could not name a
single case where the youth of a licensed radio amateur caused an
enforcement problem. (In fact, many of the worst violators of Part 97
are about Len's age....;-) )

Every so often, there's a mention of some youngster who earned an
amateur radio license at a very early age. One such news item caused
Len to claim here that there must have been some kind of fraud at the
VE session, because he somehow knew that the youngsters pictured could
not have passed the license tests honestly.

Looks like Len doesn't want anyone under 14 years of age to experience
the fun of amateur
radio, regardless of what other qualifications they have, tests passed,
etc.