"Steve N." wrote in
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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.]

So let's have more?



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?

Yes, 85% passing score for writtens.


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?

The numbers don't matter, quality does. Reasoning a service is good
because it has lots of members, CB should be great then, but it's like a
kindergarten.

sc