"Dick Carroll" wrote:

And by your logic, if it qualifies for the term, a
marksman who practices on a target range weekly is
no better qualified as a marksman than someone who
has never picked up a weapon because the 'someone'
has no interest in shooting. Lame.


Logic is not your strong point, Dick. You're talking about two people's
qualifications as a marksman. If Jim had said "more experienced" or "more
qualified" in Morse Code (as you talked about qualified as a marksman),
there would be no dispute. But, with that interpreted as saying a radio
amateur with code skills is "more experienced" and "more qualified" than one
without code skills, there is a conflict - it's simply not true. If it were
true, a brand new ham who passed a code test yesterday would be "more
experienced" than someone without code skills who has been a ham for ten
years.

[See why I disputed your "all things being equal" premise, Jim? Few are
even going to notice it.]


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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