"Floyd Davidson" wrote in message
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Extra DICK doesn't understand Shannon's work, can't relate PSK31 to
CW as far as a bandwidth limited channel is concerned, and was soundly
thrashed by others for his stubborn refusal to learn.

Yea ... I was in that argument with Dick too ... he kept insisting that
Shannon had NOTHING to do with ham radio (like some of the
most fundamental principles of communications theory are ... to
Dick, at least ... "irrelevant" to hams). I think I challenged him to
break Shannon's law ... :-)

Of course, Extra DICK is still here telling us that he is a measure
of what makes for a good ham operator, and that anyone who's any
dumber than him shouldn't be allowed on the bands.

Hmmm... maybe when we look at it from that perspective, he may have
a point, eh?

Yes, I would say that the threshold should be more like "Anyone who's
even close to as dumb as Dick shouldn't be a ham, let alone an Extra."

Carl - wk3c