John Smith wrote:
... no, I think Haynie has it right, read the whole article... code is
no longer of any importance

Bull, that's NOT what he said.

and the ancient amateurs could not even pass
the test given today--

So? What's the big deal? If I had to be retested I'd simply memorize
the question pools like everybody else does these days. The EE-types
wouldn't even do that, they's just sit down and pass it. Like Haynie
said "passing a ham exam does not make you an engineer." Which is to
say that passing the writtens isn't much more than a traditional rite
of passage. Always have been for that matter.

READ THE ARTICLE!

I read the article. Now you tune around the bottom ends of the bands
for a reality check.

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