Dave Heil wrote:
Cecil Moore wrote:
How can a new
general class ham be considered to be inferior to
an older general class ham when each ham took the
one and only exam available at his particular time
of testing?

Now you're asking something different. Such a General Class licensee
could easily be considered to have learned less material since less
material is required in order to pass the exam. Surely you can see that.

Certainly I can see that - times change. But should the
new General Class licensee be forever relegated to the
untouchable "nocode CBer" caste simply because of the
timing of his birth?

What if he has a PhD in RF engineering to go with his
brand new General Class Amateur Radio License? What if
he is ex-military and can do 40 wpm in Morse code? Isn't
that worth anything or is he predestined to be forever
shunned by older amateur radio operators because his
exam was easier through no fault of his own?
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com