"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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I'm a "dumbed down" Ham. I didn't get my license until 1999, and didn't
learn morse Code until after they reduced the requirement to 5 wpm. And
I've managed. Oh, there have been a very few that have been less than
cordial at the start. But I'm such a nice guy that they all come around
after a while and just think I'm great! (HAR)

- Mike KB3EIA -


Sorry you see yourself as "dumbed down." I don't. I am no different than
anyone else who's got a license--because I passed the requirements for the
license I've got, and they did too.

Anyway, the web has the info; and you're right about the DXCC, I went back
and read it. Guess the folks who say they are testing and using and pushing
the performance of 1/4 wave dipoles should give up the concept of a
fundamental of amateur radio: experiementation.

Kim W5TIT