Brian wrote:

Dave Heil wrote in message ...
Brian wrote:

Dave Heil wrote in message ...

Wow! That's quite a policy statement from a country with a little more
than 120 radio amateurs and it comes hot on the heels of the big move by
Ireland with its slightly more than 1,500 hams.

Wow! You've stated that you've operated from countries where you were
the only active amateur.

I don't recall making a statement about attempting to influence a
foreign country's policy on amateur radio.

I don't recall saying that.

Somehow that was significant then, but 120 or 1,500 native amateurs
aren't?

Yes, it is significant that a country has only one radio amateur.

In what way?

Ponder the matter. The answer will come to you.

No, I made no comparison to my being in a unique situation and a country
having a small population of radio amateurs deciding to abolish morse
testing.

But these countries which have a native population of amateurs should
be allowed self-rule?

Whether they should "be allowed to" have self-rule matters not. They
have it.

Why are 120 or 1,500 native amateurs not
significant?

Ponder the matter. The answer will come to you.

There's that famous Heil smugness again.

Not really, my little electrolyte. It is simply you attempting once
again to tie two unrelated events together.

And you attempting to discount countries with low native amateur
populations.

Ahhh! You may be getting closer to understanding my statements though I
made no statements concerning "native amateur populations". Amateur
radio licenses figures are not broken down into "native" and
"non-native" categories. I didn't attempt to discount. I discounted.

Dave K8MN