On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 05:39:01 +0000, wrote:


Saddest day in ham radio. Unfortunately, there's been a succession of
them, starting with Incentive Licensing, Codeless Techs, General and
Extra Lites, and now this.

K4QG, a 20 WPM, FCC examined Extra for over 28 years

Ham Radio just has not been the same since they eliminated spark.

K1XV. I went before Jules Finkelman as a 15 year old and survived.

On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 04:16:24 -0500, X-rated Vermonter
wrote:

On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 05:39:01 +0000, wrote:


Saddest day in ham radio. Unfortunately, there's been a succession of
them, starting with Incentive Licensing, Codeless Techs, General and
Extra Lites, and now this.

K4QG, a 20 WPM, FCC examined Extra for over 28 years

Ham Radio just has not been the same since they eliminated spark.

Well of course it hasn't. What nonsense.

Eliminating spark, however, was a technical necessity as the state of
the radio art advanced. It did not in any way compromise the process
of licensing amateurs, nor did it practically affect the priveleges of
licensees. All of the things I mentioned did, however, have a negative
impact on the service.

K1XV. I went before Jules Finkelman as a 15 year old and survived.

K4QG

X-rated Vermonter wrote:
K1XV. I went before Jules Finkelman as a 15 year old and survived.

Jules? I never knew he had a first name. I took the General, Advanced
and Extra (as well as the "First Fone") at Washington Street under his
watchful eye in the 1969-1971 period.

Art Harris N2AH

wrote:
K1XV. I went before Jules Finkelman as a 15 year old and survived.

Jules? I never knew he had a first name.

Actually, it was Charles Finkleman.

Art N2AH