"John Smith" wrote in message
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N2EY:

I have asked the young men why they have no interest in getting a ham
license, it is because of the limitations placed on the no code
license--and the fact they are not interested in learning code to chat
with someone DX--a task which can be accomplished much easier and reliably
over the net with instant messaging, IRC chat, etc... that is REAL. THAT
is dropping the numbers of hams and putting bands in danger of being
lost... that is holding our numbers at such low levels the FCC begins to
find us more a bother than anything else...


This does NOT make sense when our numbers are near their all time high.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE