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(Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in message ...
Subject: Hans' views/complaints about NCI and the ARRL and NCVEC
petitions ...
From: (N2EY)
Date: 4/30/2004 7:07 AM Central Standard Time
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Mike Coslo wrote in message ...
Steve Robeson K4CAP wrote:

In CAP we have dozens of kids chomping at the bit to "get on the air".
Of
the current "crop" of Cadets at th local unit, seven out of 12 are
licensed
Amateurs, six of them have already one on to General.

What ages are we talking about?

CAP cadets can be 12 to 21 if they join before age 18, however the one's I
am addressing specifically are all between 15 to 17. (Ironically the 17 year
old is the one who has yet to upgrade!)

Not ironic at all; the 17 year old probably has more competing
activities. This is why it makes sense to market ham radio to middle
school and even the older elementary school kids. Most of the ones I
know are certainly smart enough and responsible enough to be hams.

And who's making the call on what's irrelevant and what's
unnecessary...?!?!

FCC makes that call. And note this: One of the arguments for dumping
Element 1 is the claim that when it was dumped for Tech, the whole ARS
didn't fall apart.
So if we get over 323,000 free upgrades to General with no testing and
the ARS
doesn't fall apart.....

Isn't that the "call" of the person seeking Amateur licensure...?!?!

Nope. A person might think that 20 wpm code tests given by FCC
examiners are relevant and necessary to an Extra license, but they
will have a hard time finding them today..

Point taken, Jim, but what I was trying (unsuccessfully) to say was that
it's partly the applicant's decision to decide if acquiring the knowledge or
skill was appropriate to gaining the license...In other words, are the benefits
of licensure worth the time and effort expended to get it...?!?!

Any better?

I think what you're trying to say is that it's up to the prospective
ham whether the license earned is worth the "price" paid - where that
"price" is in the form of learning required to pass the tests.

One basic rule of marketing is that lowering the "price" of something
*usually* results in more "sales" - but not always. Lowering the price
of something is ineffective if potential buyers don't know about it,
or if they are not interested in buying the thing in the first place.
For example, I recall when VCRs were well over $1000 - there was lots
of demand but very few sales. As the prices came down, sales went up.
For me, the critical price was $300 - when I found a good VCR for
under $300, I bought it. Had a few since then - Beta gave way to VHS,
and the first VHS one I had wore out, etc. Now they are under $100.
But I'm not going to run out and buy another unless the present one
wears out. So VCR sales/prices have no effect on me right now.

73 de Jim, N2EY

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