Slow,
Can you address any of my comments in my previous, or here ?


My arguement has always been for the quality of the hams.

OK. Given this, is it true that everything else is unimportant to you -
only the quality? [there always have been jerks around.]


You appreciate something more that you had to work to achieve, and respect
the rewards
it gives.

I think I can agree with this. Give a kid a car or whatever, and he's
more likely to treat it badly. Make him work for it and he appreciates the
value and shows the appropriate care with it..


Cheapening something makes it disposable.

Yea.... I understand that having to do the CW thing is more work and
more likely that the licence will be valued, but what about putting the
prospective ham through other, more rigorous hoops, like electronic theory,
emcom, etc. Why won't more modern "hoops" work the same way to bolster the
individual's respect for the service?

Ham numbers are declining.

I believe this is true, but what is you reason for stating this? Are you
glad this is happening or sad or indifferent?

73, Steve, K9DCI