Tom Ring wrote:
Slow Code wrote:


I predicted and warned you all this would happen, but none of you wouldn't
listen.

Good Hams upset over all the Lids and CB'er like behavior on the bands as
a result of dumbing down license requirements are leaving the hobby. I
can't say I blame them and I hate to see them go.

On the bright side, there's a lot more ham gear on eBay you can bid on.

sc

And what do these numbers prove? Not a bleeping thing.

I don't think any correlation exists between them and current behavior
on HF, which I assume, possibly incorrectly, that you are refering to.

The biggest idiots on 20m, for instance, are on 14275, both sides are
guilty, and I am quite sure that they all got their tickets with CW
required. And the problem stations on 75 are quite the same. Which
also proves nothing either way.

it does prove that CW testing is at best poor proof of screening out
bad ops


The cleanest, most public oriented operators are on 2m and 70cm, and
many, or maybe most, of them did not have to pass any CW exam. They
participate in Skywarn, emergency drills, and tons of other things. By
and large they are good citizens. The bad actors I have seen come from
all parts of the amateur community, with probably the worst from the
longest licensed, who seem to feel they have some sort of rights from
being around a long time. My personal sample could be wrong, but I
don't think so; I've been around a while, too.

none of them today HAD to pass one some certainly have

The older generation always predicts that the current one is going to
cause the end of the world. Or whatever imagined disaster they are
concerned about. And they are always wrong.
at least to date

tom
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