wrote

If the amateur radio licensing statistics posted on Speroni's web site are
any indication, then code -wasn't- the barrier.

if.... well you are wrong there

Where is the 'influx' of new hams who wouldn't get licensed because of that
nasty code test?


as can be seen by the fury of upgrades

What do upgrades have to do with a code test? Upgrades are hams already
licensed obtaining higher privileges.


sorry Mike we tech can't keep you old geezers from droping dead

What's Lennie's excuse then?