On 12/3/2014 4:18 AM, Fred Roberts wrote:
On Wed, 3 Dec 2014 06:11:44 +0000 (UTC), Stephen Thomas Cole
wrote:

Fred Roberts wrote:
snip, educationally subnormal "special"
people who get the - ha ha - exam and answers read to them snip

I, for one, am very happy that our hobby has provision to accommodate
disabled individuals, through supply of reader and scribe assistance. Why
aren't you, Frank?

Don't you start again or I'll start again, ok? CB radio and PMR 446
exists for such people. This is a technical pursuit not a hobby that
was always within reach of anyone prepared to make an effort - ANYONE.
It did not need to be dumbed down to the level it has been. You *seem*
to be a clever chap Stephen you tell me why such people aren't allowed
readers and scribe assistants in their pursuit to become brain
surgeons and why such people aren't allowed to drive on our roads.


I disagree with you 100%, Fred. I know one ham in North Carolina who is
an accomplished two-way business radio tech. He also built the Piedmont
Coastal Repeater Network, a series of linked repeaters covering much of
North Carolina. And he is blind (since birth, IIRC). He doesn't
deserve a ham license because he's blind?

I had a roommate back in the 70's who was also a ham. He had a First
Class Radiotelephone license and was an engineer at a local radio
station. He's been blind since birth. He doesn't deserve a ham license
because he's blind?

Oh, and BTW - both got their licenses when the FCC was administering the
exams.

You show a distinct prejudice against disabled people and their
accomplishments.

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