wrote:

If those people have lost interest and moved on, then they were never
really
interested in radio despite getting their licenses, were they?

Were they?

Remember, even people who have passed code exams have let their
licenses expire and moved on, so who is to say that those who passed a
no code exam really weren't interested?

Coded, or not coded, if someone lets their license lapse, I would say they
really were not interested in radio (or, lost interest over time for
whatever reason.)


Yet so many of the Extras want todays written exam to be the
equivalent of an MSEE.

Can you enumerate for me who these extras are?

They can speak for themselves.

Well you're the one claiming there are all these extras who want the Extra
exam to be the equivalent of an MSEE. Perhaps you could provide an example
of a few? 2 or 3 perhaps? Certainly 2 or 3 should be easy out of the "so
many" that are out there.