Stefan Wolfe wrote:
"Michael Coslo" wrote in message
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I
am kind of excited that there will be a crop of amateurs, new to HF, that
will need a good deal of Elmering. Lots of exciting stuff to learn and
pass on.

And rule number one is what you stated above - keep within the privileges.

Mike, forgive me for being blunt but you are in fantasy land.

Forgive me for being blunt, but there are are different fantasylands
for different people. Your's is just a bitter one. Good for you, and
enjoy it! 8^)



It didn't happen when we reduced from 13 wpm to 5 wpm. What makes you think
that reducing from 5 wpm to 0 will have any effect?

What is "it" that didn't work?



I too have said I was waiting for the long promised injection of scientific
RF talent and youth into the service but I was merely being cynical because
it was a false promise 10 years ago and its non-fulfillment in coming years
will prove that the premise was false; it was merely used as a talking point
to support no-code and the FCC bought off on it.

The Technician license was and is a dead end. Lots of people talked
their only mildly interested spouses and friends into it. It was a mistake.

Notice that you speak of Talent and youth. I don't particularly
careabout either - note I spoke of inexperienced people, not
Techno-wizzes or youth. Techno-wizzes already know it all, and the days
of youth involvement in Amateur radio as well as many other hobbies is
pretty much over. Youth are being largely segregated from the rest of
the population, presumably to "protect" them.




Of course, and as is the case for so many political matters, truth is not
really that important and there is no accountability for these false
promises except by pests like me who will use every opportunity to remind us
of them.

Sigh... Sometimes I am amazed at the stances taken by some pro-code
people. And this is coming from a pro-code Ham.

At least you can be thankful for the many years that Morse code testing
has ensured that Hams of old were upstanding, technically savvy and
morally upright. ;^)

- 73 de Mike KB3EIA -