Pierian Spring wrote:
A number of potential recruits are in great danger of being
misled into thinking that they are Radio Hams when, in fact,
they are nothing of the kind! As it is the season of goodwill,
let us show our goodwill by saving these poor deluded fools
from the mischievous ne-er-do-wells who will attempt to
mislead them. (Radio Hams are technically-motivated people
and not merely turnip-brained button pushers like CBers and
like M3/CBers)

What is Ham Radio?

_On Aug 9 1996, at 7:00 am_

Gareth Alun Evans - G4ASW
Published this message to the Public Domain

G.A.Evans, Director, Out And About Systems Ltd
Software Consultancy for Telecommunications, Real Time and ATE
13 Hardens Close, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 3AA
(01249) 651897

Yes morse is obsolete, but also useful.
The former is no basis for banning it.
The latter is no basis for using it as a passport to the HF Bands.

Why do we need a further exam for incentive licensing? Do we not have
enough already?....
(1) CB licence as an appetite whetter
(2) Novice licence
(3) RAE.

(Perversely, the Novice RAE is a higher technical challenge than the
RAE!)

Restore the RAE to its technical status, and we have a sufficient and
complete incentive licensing scheme, without anything to do with the
Morse (Sorry, Vail) Code.

Arguments relating to international requirements are redundant - laws
change.

Amateur Radio is dying, and this is due IMHO in no small part to the
consumerism CBish activities of today, QSLing as an end in itself, WAB,
contest operating other than as a means of evaluating one's technical
equipment, squeakies on repeaters, walts on URA, and inane discussions
about the turnips growing in one's garden.

72's de Gareth G4SDW GQRP 3339

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Regards

Micky