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October 11th 03, 05:30 PM

In article , ospam
(Larry Roll K3LT) writes:

In article ,
(N2EY)
writes:

Fun fact:

When the results of the 1996 ARRL/READEX survey were tabulated, one of the
results shown was the support for/opposition to code testing broken down by
age
group.

All age groups showed a majority to be procodetest, but the *most*
procodetest
group were the youngest! Hams under 24 at the time were 85% procodetest/15%
anticodetest. Almost a 6 to 1 ratio!

73 de Jim, N2EY

Jim:

Very interesting, indeed.

Yep. Remember, though, that those are the results of a scientific survey done
in 1996.

It does, however, contradict the claim that young people don't want to take
code tests.

Even if it can be shown that the majority of hams and other interested parties
favor continued code testing, there's no obligation for FCC to follow that
majority.

A majority of those who commented to FCC on 98-143 wanted *at least* two code
test speeds. But FCC went to 5 wpm for all classes of license and set the stage
for complete code test elimination.

This could provide excellent support to replies
to the code testing petitions recently assigned RM numbers by the FCC.
Can you provide a URL?

It was in QST back in 1997. If it's online anywhere, it should be on the ARRL
website.

73 de Jim, N2EY