Zoran Brlecic wrote:
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Maybe... who cares? Maybe, just maybe, if we gave away amateur radio
licenses on street corners, some of the new licensees would do all that
stuff that you mention. That is beside the point. He's not looking to
become a ham radio operator - he's looking for a cellphone substitute.
Ham radio ain't it.


We DO give away amateur radio licenses on street corners.
When I was a kid, we had to walk 10 miles to school in the snow...
oops, wrong speech...
When I was a kid we had to actually take a test, do some math, read a
circuit diagram, know a tiny bit about the technology. Weren't no
multiple choice question pool with the answers given out for us to memorize.

Today, anybody with the attention span of a two year old can get
a...oooh shiny radio...
mike