"Bert Craig" wrote:

Then I'll answer it, Dwight. Because preparing for
and passing Element 1 requires one to demonstrate
a tad more effort and dedication than passing written
exams for which the Q & A pools are published. The
5-wpm is sufficient enough of a challenge to require
some serious studying effort over approx two or three
weeks, but not enough to discourage any individual
serious about earning HF privileges. For those who
are not, the no-code Technician license is available.
It's really quite simple.


Okay, now all you have to do is show where all that (demonstrated effort,
challenge, earning privileges, a two to three week study effort, and so on)
is listed in the FCC rules, or furthers the goals and purposes of the ARS.
These are exams for a recreational activity with some serious underpinnings.
You seem to want to turn those exams into a litmus test form of torture
focused mainly on CW.

By the way, didn't you openly oppose the across the board 5 wpm code exam?
If so, then why now is it suddenly "sufficient enough of a challenge?"


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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