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October 29th 06, 02:32 PM
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What is the ARRL's thought on having good amateurs?
Dee Flint wrote: wrote in message oups.com... wrote: The ONLY separate pass-fail TEST is for manual telegraphy. Wow! I guess CW is more valued than ALL OF THE OTHER MODES COMBINED! Not so. However, all the digital and image modes are merely a matter of connecting the radio to the computer and running the appropriate software. Then why do the military service have technical schools to do somehting so very simple? Why aren't the communications billets merely a direct duty assignment after basic training? Once I decided to try the digital thing, I made the interface and was up and running in an hour. After a couple of months, it became rather boring. Do you suppose that there are licensed amateurs that find CW boring? On the other hand, code needs to be learned before it can be tried. Many people will give up learning before they've had a chance to try it if there is not a test for it. Whole government agencies gave up on code. Commercial businesses gave up on code. |
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