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September 6th 03, 03:51 AM

On 5 Sep 2003 10:57:03 -0700, (N2EY) wrote:

Bob Brock wrote in message . ..
On 05 Sep 2003 11:19:23 GMT, (N2EY) wrote:

In article , Bob Brock
writes:

On 05 Sep 2003 03:41:16 GMT, (WA8ULX) wrote:

Snipped much agreement only to save badwidth...

We could have all better written exams and different performance tests
without it costing FCC anything. But it goes against the fashion. And
the "Smith chart effect" opposition would kick in, guaranteed.

73 de Jim, N2EY

Gosh, I didn't think I'd find anyone here that I was pretty close to
agreement with. You seem to be the exception instead of the rule.

My feeling is that, unless this endless code debate ends sometime, ham
radio cannot move on in the testing area. I'd like to see a person
actually have to operate a radio in the band they are being licensed
for before they can take off by themselves. It could even be their
own radio. I think that they should know what all those nifty buttons
actually do. They should know how to enter into a conversation. A
list of "critical tasks" and "non-critical tasks" should be developed
and a person not be licensed until they can actually show competence
in those tasks. Those are the types of issues that I'd like to see
the ham community discussing rather than the endless code/no-code
debate that detracts from everything else.

All of the name calling and false accusations from both sides makes us
look silly to those who read it. I'm really glad that it will be
ending soon. Perhaps then, we can move on to more important issues.

I'm sure that not everyone will agree with performance based testing
in addition to a written test. However, perhaps a consensus could be
reached.