On 31 Jul 2003 02:21:06 GMT, N2EY wrote:

Tell them the JY1 story, Phil. Some folks actually think medical
waivers were the result of ADA.

How soon we forget...maybe we ought to replace the Element 1 Morse
test with an Element 1 amateur radio history test...

Off the top of my head.....

In days of yore when George I reigned in Washington, some amateur
in Pennsylvania could not pass the 13 wpm test as hard as he tried.
So one day whilst in QSO with JY1, he mentioned that what ham radio
in the USA really needed more than anything else was a mechanism for
him to get an upgraded license without passing the higher speed code
test because he had (alleged) medical problems that (allegedly)
precluded him from dealing with Morse code above 5 wpm.

So when next in QSO with George I, JY1 said (in essence) "Georgie,
if you want to quarter your troops in my country - JY1 being King
Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordon - do my dear friend a
favor and let him get an upgraded ham license with no higher-speed
code test".

So George I summoned the Chairman of the FCC ("Mad Man Mark" Fowler
or Al "Who the heck is he" Sykes - forget which) to his oval chamber,
clapped his hands like the Pasha does in the movies, and said "do it".

"So it was written, so it was done."

--
73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon