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July 7th 03, 02:05 AM

wrote:
Mike Coslo writes:

Ahh, there the problem is! At some point in the dark past, I
mentioned that I thought that a person who was interested in the ARS
would take whatever tests thrown at them. I noted at the time that
this was a separate issue from whether the Morse test should be kept
or not.

Missed that. If so, I concede we have a misunderstanding! And, indeed,
that we agree. (My illustration using a swimming test is of course a
more extreme version of exactly what you say above.)

To me it just seemed logical and a little obvious. We have a person
or two here who say they refuse to get a license or advanced license
because of the Morse code test. I have a really hard time concluding
that they have more of an interest in Amateur radio than those who
do take the tests.

I agree completely.

Phew! Actually I am glad you gave me that google link, because I went
back and re-read the posts to figure out where this whole thing went
astray. Seems it happened soon after I made my first post.

Seems that some of the more vociferous PCTA'ers agreed with me, and
then the other side felt compelled to check in. From there, the simple
statement got kind of stratified.

Oh well, time for a few Ibuprofen....

73 - Mike KB3EIA -