Dee:

.... all time high!

You attempt the argument that amateur radio has always been a ridiculous
cost for nothing--well, perhaps you are correct... time to increase our
numbers to a meaningful number...

ROFLOL

John
"Dee Flint" wrote in message
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"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