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September 2nd 04, 05:18 AM
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In article , Leo
writes: On 01 Sep 2004 20:09:31 GMT, (Len Over 21) wrote: snip The Notice is available at: http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/inter.../sf06456e.html Thank you for the link! Any Canadian radio amateurs care to comment on that? I'm not Canadian, but I think it fails to follw the KISS principle. They want to add an Intermediate licence to their Basic and Advanced. Why don't they just abolish the 'Plus' categories (i.e. plus Morse)? That would be much simpler. I'm not Canadian either as a "Carbo-American," but I think the "plus" category is a sop to the existing Canadian mighty morsemen. Canada must have its share of olde-fahrt hamme morsemen and those must be "satisfied." I am  - and fully agree with your observation that there are -um-a fair number of 'old school' amateurs up here, who do not believe in the abolishment of the Code Test (approximately a third of the respondents to the RAC survey on this subject). The RAC proposal attempts to meet the needs of both the "Pro Morse" and "No Morse" factions of the hobby - in quite an interesting way. Both sides win - either path leads to a full HF-access Amateur license. Now dat's a typically Canadian solution, eh? I'm not familiar with that sort of "typicalness." Been in here in this ultra-conservative retro-tech newsgroup too much. :-) I would say instead it is a GOOD COMPROMISE and to the credit of the Radio Amateurs of Canada and Industry Canada. I believe that the proposal is a good one - inasmuch as it provides access to HF without the requirement of Morse testing. It does recommend that Morse testing be made available should the applicant desire it - I have no problem with that. Status quo - or not. Your choice. That's fair and equitable in my viewpoint. Mighty macho morsemen will disagree and ignite (again) Flame Wars instead of simple bonfires. It recommends raising the pass marks on the exams - good idea, most believe that they are way too low right now (60% is a pass on both the Basic and Advanced tests currently). No issue there. That's good in my view. It is indeed a compromise intended to satisfy both the Morse and No Morse factions of the hobby - but it does so with considerably more elegance than the ARRL proposal, in my opinion. ARRL is not fully into this new millennium. :-) Some wonder if they ever made it into the last millennium... I'm in favour of it - and my comments to that effect have been filed with IC, as of today. Good on you! I have to agree with Hans Brakob in that our northern neighbor in Norse America is doing the right thing for their future. Modernization is long overdue. [excuse me...NORTH America...;-) ] heh.....that brought back memories of Leif The Lucky from grade school! Norsemen were the first European discoverers of North America. Settled in what is now Canada (New Foundland) for a while. Dunno why they left...maybe they objected to speaking French? :-) Industry Canada has much simpler regulations for their radio amateurs but accomplish the same thing in the hobby. Well said. The less regulations, the better the hobby! .....and the less I gotta remember.... Band limits and other technical necessities should be enough. BTW, that electronic test that can run on any PC looked rather neat! Simple way to do it and the computer does most of the paperwork as well as keeping a record of it being done and when. Learning skills of long ago just to get a license in here and now is nowhere close to being progressive and just doesn't keep up with the times. 73, Leo PS - WTF is a "Carbo-American"? - never heard that one before! Came from a couple of comic strips running in the L.A. Times as well as elsewhere. Backlash to the "Adkins Diet" craze. :-) [or "Atkins Diet" or whatever..."zero carbohydrates"] BTW, the Olay cosmetics company now has a body wash product called "Ohm." [just saw it on the shelves at market today] I think that will meet with some resistance in some U.S. ham circles... :-) |
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