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AJ Lake · September 25th 08, 02:00 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.homebrew

wrote:

A weeder test can be relevant.

The trouble seems to be that we have different ideas of what a "weeder
test" means. I could find no specific definition in any reference
material, so I'll just no longer use the phrase.

Simply put, there is no reason for a code test in the modern world. If
someone wants to use CW he simply learns it or fires up his computer.
There once were valid reasons to learn the code, but they haven't
existed for decades. That the code test survived so long was simply
ham politics.

By testing, we make people prove they actually learned a few things...

When an 8 year old child can pass the Extra exam, I think you can
safely say that it can be passed without *knowing* the electronics
theory that it pretends to test for.

But having observed what happens when people
are trusted to learn on their own, (cb as one example),

Darn, if only they had started out with a CB code test
all would be well now...