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Email this to your Senators and Congressmen. make the FCC do the right thing.
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ps.com: I am a new ham and will respond to this based on being new. I got my license last year at age 48 so I'm neither a kid nor a senior. I've been tested and scored at 136 so I'm not a genius but am far from a dummy. I mention these things to give a general picture of who I am and where my position comes from. Radio Buff wrote: No more automatic renewals. Individuals must retest and pass all elements required for their license class. Although I see the reasoning behind this request I disagree. There are older hams who wouldn't be able to pass their license class test but who still enjoy participating in their nets and talking to their circle of ham friends. I don't want to be the one to take that away from a senior ham who is hurting absolutely no one by enjoying their hobby. The fact they might not pass the Extra test means nothing. Yes it does mean something. It means they're appliance operators. They pass their exams once then forget everything and don't want to advance themselves anymore or be proficient hams. They're not an asset to the service, they're just lazy asses with licenses and only want to operate appliances. Radio Buff isn't going to want to give up enjoying radio when he/she is older and can't pass the exam either. If I can't pass the tests, I don't deserve a license, or renewel. I don't get to operate if I can't qualify. It's that simple. You people think that if someone can't pass a test, they should get the license anyway. It's a government handout just like how you get your welfare checks and food stamps in the mail at your project housing. Your Democrat party outcome based thinking is what is distroying Amateur radio and America. Everyone is equal and if you want to excel and improve yourself there is something wrong with you because your not supposed to want to do that. The passing score for written exams needs to be raised to 85%. I have no problem with this provided the exam is similar. If you want to raise the minimum score required while also increasing the difficulty level of the exam by 20-25% the combination will make it too difficult for many. You will kill amateur radio because there will be far fewer coming into the hobby than going SK. Quality or quantity? You people that want things easy always say requiring more qualified licensees will kill the service. You're against quality because it require you have to work a little. Well, If you ever need radio help in an emergency to save lives & property, and the ham operator you talk to on the other end is an incompetant retard, I'll bet you'd wished for quality then. Code elements should be 13 wpm for General, and 20 wpm for Extra. Code should not be a part of the license test anymore than PSK or any other operating mode. There are so many different ways to enjoy and utilize amateur radio today that were not available decades ago that make code no longer a necessity. Mandating code skills is now similar to mandating slide rule skills for an engineer. It is an excellent tool and anyone capable of using it has a true skill. That said, there is nothing that can't be done by one without slide rule skills. They may be at a disadvantage at certain times and in certain specific locations and scenarios but for the most part the individual with the slide rule skills has no true advantage today as they did a few decades ago. The same holds true with code. Yah, we can't require quality or skill for a license. I know you're right. We gotta be like CB'ers. I do believe there should be a segment of the bands each license class is authorized that is reserved for those with code in their license. It just shouldn't be a requirement any longer. It keeps otherwise intelligent and capable people away from the hobby and the goal should be to bring them in not keep them away. Code isn't a requirement, you can always talk on CB, FRS, and cell phones all you want. Make the no-code license one year non-renewable. This point is pointless with the sensible approach outlined above. No, it's not pointless. It insures licenses will improve and will be valuable to the service. I know you would hate that because in another month you would either have to upgrade or loose your ticket. Doesn't anyone else here want to save ham radio? I'm getting tired of arguing with the lazy asses. I hope some of you cared and want to help me save ham radio enough that you emailed this to President Bush, your Senators and Congressmen to press the FCC does the right thing for us: No more automatic renewals. Individuals must retest and pass all elements required for their license class. The passing score for written exams needs to be raised to 85%. Code elements should be 13 wpm for General, and 20 wpm for Extra. Make the no-code license one year non-renewable. 73, Thanks for your support. SC |
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