"Panzer240" wrote in message
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"MnMikew" wrote in
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Should it be removed as a requirement? Possibly, but if so it should be
replaced with much stiffer technical examinations, including an above
average user levl computer component, than what currently exsists.

This has come up frequently in conversations I've had with long-time hams.
While I don't disagree with you in principle, there is no way the FCC is
going to toughen up the exams. They've been lessening the entrance and
upgrade requirements for years. I doubt the ARRL would support any tougher
test structure, as that would be detrimental to the numbers of newbies
coming into the hobby... to which many long-timers say good, because we
should value quality above quantity-- such would result in fewer, but more
knowledgable hams.

I have mixed feelings about his, however... perhaps too few people using our
allotted spectrum might give the FCC greater cause to take away what we've
got due to relative lack of use?

Jackie