"Robert Casey" wrote in message
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N2EY wrote:

In article , Robert Casey

writes:



There should be some sort of beginner's license that an average 14 year
old honor roll student can get



That would require an extensive reworking of the current tests. We've got
at
least one 6 year old General and an 8 year old passed the old Extra.



I mean "average honor roll high school student", not "Einstein's
grandson". Also
I mention the honor roll student in the sense that Beavis and Butthead
would not be
able to pass the license tests.


That sounds to me like a thinly veiled "filtering tool" again; using some
form of exam or entrance requirement to "filter" out types of people that
are designated as undesirable by...you guessed it: *other* types of people.

I am of the ilk that anyone who passes whatever entrance there is into ham
radio (whether it be in written or mode-test form--just whatever entrance
there is into ham radio at the particular time someone is interested) is
welcomed to ham radio. I'd rather have the opportunity to let the majority
environment of ham radio be the positive influence on someone who may
otherwise not be "desirable" and let them warm up to the service, in
general. Closing the door right up front never allows us the opportunity to
be a positive influence; and that is a loss.


If Beavis did get a license, then ham
radio would
sound like the old 147.435 machine on L.A...... W6NUT IIRC


Even Beavis and Butthead have the potential to be a great couple of guys.
Everyone has potential.

Kim W5TIT