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May 7th 04, 08:41 PM
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stewart wrote:
(Jason Hsu) wrote in message . com... ... But insisting on meeting all three of these goals requires that Technician licensees be automatically upgraded to General. If it's that essential that there only be 3 license classes, then why not keep the Technician license and upgrade the current Novices to Technician? Because we need to bring back the eliminated entry-level license! We have a perfectly good entry level license, the Technician level. If a new entry-level license is necessary, then what's wrong with having 4 license classes instead of 3? Because it is UNNECESSARY... the General, Technician, and TechPlus tests are/were virtually identical - ergo, MERGE 'EM ALL! I took all of my tests during the last restructuring, and the tests are not even close to identical. What's wrong with compromising on #1 or #2? Forget it... NO MORE COMPROMISING! It has been attempted over the years, and all these foot-draggers want to do is pull us back to December 6, 1941... Wow, some spin there, Stewart! and just whose "no more compromising" are you talking about? And are you suggesting that Code tested hams are responsible for Pearl Harbor? ;^) 'aint gonna happen McGee... It is 2004, and we have Cell Phones, the Internet, 125 Channels on TV, etc., etc., etc... time for US Ham Radio to join the 21st century. Morse Code will now officially be IRRELEVANT (at least as far as Novice and General Classes are concerned). LIVE WITH IT. The ARRL proposal is PERFECT... time to MOVE ON! I wouldn't know why morse shouldn't be eliminated for Extra also, it it is eliminated for the General class. And no, the ARRL proposal isn't anywhere near perfect. The Morse code requirement for Extra is just a bone thrown to the people that still want Element 1 testing. If we are going to get rid of element one, get rid of it for cryin' out loud. Why subject it to a lingering decline? Over half of the Generals will then have been tested at the Technician level. Despite what you say, the tests are quite different. I've taken them all, and in my experience and opinion, they are appropriate for the privileges granted. The administrative quagmire of Novice and Advanced class licensees that is stated as the reason for further untested upgrading simply doesn't exist. Not a terribly perfect plan at all. - Mike KB3EIA - |
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