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John Smith wrote:
All that can be taken care of with new bandwidth allocations. All we do is benefit from is finally getting some new and interesting minds to communicate with. Chatting with ancients farts gets old quickly... Eleminating the CW test won't bring in any significant numbers of new minds into ham radio. Ham radio just isn't interesting to the current generation code test or no code test. All your yapping is for naught. |
"dxAce" wrote in message ... John Plimmer wrote: I couldn't agree more with dropping CW from the ham test. It reminds me of the legal profession here in South Africa. It used to be a requirement that lawyers had to pass Latin in high school and have at least two courses in Latin for their law degree. That was scrapped about ten years ago amid loud protests from the dinosaurs. Today the law profession is flourishing more than ever before with high quality judges and advocates. The only thing I have noticed is that the high and mighty no longer spew out Latin quotations = R.I.P. Our SARL (South African Radio League) ham club is diminishing by the year and the once crowded ham bands are now empty. We need to make it easier for new entrants to come into this wonderful hobby. Why does everything need to be made easier? Can't the 'tards learn the code? If so, WHY can't the 'tards learn the code? If ordinary folks could pass the test in years past what is so different today? Laziness? It's like being certified in COBOL when you work on MSSQL, it's a waste of time. |
"beerbarrel" wrote in message ... On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:39:12 -0400, dxAce wrote: John Plimmer wrote: I couldn't agree more with dropping CW from the ham test. It reminds me of the legal profession here in South Africa. It used to be a requirement that lawyers had to pass Latin in high school and have at least two courses in Latin for their law degree. That was scrapped about ten years ago amid loud protests from the dinosaurs. Today the law profession is flourishing more than ever before with high quality judges and advocates. The only thing I have noticed is that the high and mighty no longer spew out Latin quotations = R.I.P. Our SARL (South African Radio League) ham club is diminishing by the year and the once crowded ham bands are now empty. We need to make it easier for new entrants to come into this wonderful hobby. Why does everything need to be made easier? Can't the 'tards learn the code? If so, WHY can't the 'tards learn the code? If ordinary folks could pass the test in years past what is so different today? Laziness? dxAce Michigan USA BINGO! It seems everybody wants something for nothing these days. What do you mean nothing? There's still a test. Remove the CW and make the tests harder then. |
"beerbarrel" wrote in message ... On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:29:37 -0400, Cmdr Buzz Corey wrote: John S. wrote: Yes, or require that prospective drivers be proficient in the use of a buggy whip in addition to passing a written and practical driving test. If they are going to drive a buggy, it might be a good idea. Maybe we should just drop the driving test altogether...well start with your kids. The driving test has been a joke for years. Worthless! |
"MnMikew" wrote in message ... It would be more of an incentive for me to get my ticket if I could use HF. I have ZERO interest in CW. Maybe open a little HF for techs? Already is a little of HF Phone open to techs.. segment of 10m as I recall. |
"dxAce" wrote in message ... "John S." wrote: beerbarrel wrote: On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:29:37 -0400, Cmdr Buzz Corey wrote: John S. wrote: Yes, or require that prospective drivers be proficient in the use of a buggy whip in addition to passing a written and practical driving test. If they are going to drive a buggy, it might be a good idea. Maybe we should just drop the driving test altogether...well start with your kids. And that's the point. The written and practical drivers test is a measure of whether a prospective driver knows something about the law and theory of driving and has some proficiency in the operation of a motor vehicle. The written amateur test proves that the owner has some knowlege of the theory of radio construction and operation. The morse code test only tests the ability to translate a language for which there is no practical use. It does not shed any light on the ability if the prospective ham to operate a ham radio in a safe and courteous manner. A live on-the-air test of a prospective ham setting up a rig and using voice or one of the digital modes would prove something about his competence as a radio operator. Copying morse code proves nothing. Sure it does you stupid 'tard... it proves one can do it! Which proves???? |
MnMikew wrote: "dxAce" wrote in message ... "John S." wrote: beerbarrel wrote: On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:29:37 -0400, Cmdr Buzz Corey wrote: John S. wrote: Yes, or require that prospective drivers be proficient in the use of a buggy whip in addition to passing a written and practical driving test. If they are going to drive a buggy, it might be a good idea. Maybe we should just drop the driving test altogether...well start with your kids. And that's the point. The written and practical drivers test is a measure of whether a prospective driver knows something about the law and theory of driving and has some proficiency in the operation of a motor vehicle. The written amateur test proves that the owner has some knowlege of the theory of radio construction and operation. The morse code test only tests the ability to translate a language for which there is no practical use. It does not shed any light on the ability if the prospective ham to operate a ham radio in a safe and courteous manner. A live on-the-air test of a prospective ham setting up a rig and using voice or one of the digital modes would prove something about his competence as a radio operator. Copying morse code proves nothing. Sure it does you stupid 'tard... it proves one can do it! Which proves???? I give up... Be a lazy 'tard! dxAce Michigan USA Code proficient. |
YEAH!!!
Hide all the answers and require 'em to come up with the answers psychically!!! ROFLOL! Get real, any college is test smart, any CS/EE technology student will blow the doors off any test any panel can come up with in damn short order. John "MnMikew" wrote in message ... "beerbarrel" wrote in message ... On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 14:39:12 -0400, dxAce wrote: John Plimmer wrote: I couldn't agree more with dropping CW from the ham test. It reminds me of the legal profession here in South Africa. It used to be a requirement that lawyers had to pass Latin in high school and have at least two courses in Latin for their law degree. That was scrapped about ten years ago amid loud protests from the dinosaurs. Today the law profession is flourishing more than ever before with high quality judges and advocates. The only thing I have noticed is that the high and mighty no longer spew out Latin quotations = R.I.P. Our SARL (South African Radio League) ham club is diminishing by the year and the once crowded ham bands are now empty. We need to make it easier for new entrants to come into this wonderful hobby. Why does everything need to be made easier? Can't the 'tards learn the code? If so, WHY can't the 'tards learn the code? If ordinary folks could pass the test in years past what is so different today? Laziness? dxAce Michigan USA BINGO! It seems everybody wants something for nothing these days. What do you mean nothing? There's still a test. Remove the CW and make the tests harder then. |
Becareful not insult COBOL here, they probably think that is a new
state-of-the-art computer language! grin John "MnMikew" wrote in message ... "dxAce" wrote in message ... John Plimmer wrote: I couldn't agree more with dropping CW from the ham test. It reminds me of the legal profession here in South Africa. It used to be a requirement that lawyers had to pass Latin in high school and have at least two courses in Latin for their law degree. That was scrapped about ten years ago amid loud protests from the dinosaurs. Today the law profession is flourishing more than ever before with high quality judges and advocates. The only thing I have noticed is that the high and mighty no longer spew out Latin quotations = R.I.P. Our SARL (South African Radio League) ham club is diminishing by the year and the once crowded ham bands are now empty. We need to make it easier for new entrants to come into this wonderful hobby. Why does everything need to be made easier? Can't the 'tards learn the code? If so, WHY can't the 'tards learn the code? If ordinary folks could pass the test in years past what is so different today? Laziness? It's like being certified in COBOL when you work on MSSQL, it's a waste of time. |
Well, 10 meters is pretty much the stomping grounds of freebanders
here. Some are none too polite either... John "Brenda Ann" wrote in message ... "MnMikew" wrote in message ... It would be more of an incentive for me to get my ticket if I could use HF. I have ZERO interest in CW. Maybe open a little HF for techs? Already is a little of HF Phone open to techs.. segment of 10m as I recall. |
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