It's amazing what people will say to try to justify dumbing down Amateur Radio.
 

Glen Overby wrote in
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slow code flamed:
Anyone going to visit the FCC website please leave them these ideas in
their comment box, Thanks.

Leave them yourself. Enter your comments with dots and dashes.

3-Code elements should be 13 wpm for General, and 20 wpm for Extra.

Thats too whimpy. Morse code = Ham Radio, right?

Make it 20wpm for general, 30wpm for Extra.

Require extras to answer 100% on ALL questions of ALL element question
pools in on ONE sitting with no multiple choice. You're not "extra" if
you can't do that.

Stop granting type acceptance to any radio that can transmit or receive
on the extra portion of the band (just like the rule for the cell phone
frequencies). Extras should be building radios, not buying them.

4-Make the no-code license one year non-renewable.

Eliminate the no code license, wait ten years for the hobby to die, then
give 2.3ghz to WiFI, 5.7 to WiMAX and auction the rest off to the
highest bidder.

Looking forwards to working you on the 10ghz-and-up contest this
weekend, Glen


Sheeesh.

It's amazing what people will say to try to justify dumbing down Amateur Radio.
 

Glen
Don't know if I 100% agree with your code speeds but I do thing the NO Code
should be for 1 year and none renewable.
I had to take my license in front of the FCC and not so VE who may or may
not help you out to get a license.
As I am a big VHFer I don't know how these NO Code guys are going to
understand beacons. They are all code and most at 10 ~ 20 wpm. I guess the
next thing will be, they will want all beacons either digital or voice. YUK!
Not up in the GHZ range yet but maybe some day.
73, Bill, WA0KBZ

"Slow Code" wrote in message
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Glen Overby wrote in
:

slow code flamed:
Anyone going to visit the FCC website please leave them these ideas in
their comment box, Thanks.

Leave them yourself. Enter your comments with dots and dashes.

3-Code elements should be 13 wpm for General, and 20 wpm for Extra.

Thats too whimpy. Morse code = Ham Radio, right?

Make it 20wpm for general, 30wpm for Extra.

Require extras to answer 100% on ALL questions of ALL element question
pools in on ONE sitting with no multiple choice. You're not "extra" if
you can't do that.

Stop granting type acceptance to any radio that can transmit or receive
on the extra portion of the band (just like the rule for the cell phone
frequencies). Extras should be building radios, not buying them.

4-Make the no-code license one year non-renewable.

Eliminate the no code license, wait ten years for the hobby to die, then
give 2.3ghz to WiFI, 5.7 to WiMAX and auction the rest off to the
highest bidder.

Looking forwards to working you on the 10ghz-and-up contest this
weekend, Glen


Sheeesh.

It's amazing what people will say to try to justify dumbing down Amateur Radio.
 

Nada Tapu wrote in
:

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:07:15 -0500, "wa0kbz"
wrote:

Glen
Don't know if I 100% agree with your code speeds but I do thing the NO
Code should be for 1 year and none renewable.
I had to take my license in front of the FCC and not so VE who may or
may not help you out to get a license.
As I am a big VHFer I don't know how these NO Code guys are going to
understand beacons. They are all code and most at 10 ~ 20 wpm. I guess
the next thing will be, they will want all beacons either digital or
voice. YUK! Not up in the GHZ range yet but maybe some day.
73, Bill, WA0KBZ

Right on, Bill! Thanks for your thoughts.

NT



It's funny, and most telling. The no-code hams have everything over 30
MHz, but it's the code hams that are the one's moving ham radio forward
and doing anything technical wise. I guess the no-coders are still trying
to figure things out.

SC

It's amazing what people will say to try to justify dumbing downAmateur Radio.
 

Slow Code wrote:
It's funny, and most telling. The no-code hams have everything over 30
MHz, but it's the code hams that are the one's moving ham radio forward
and doing anything technical wise.

If that's true, it's certainly a change from half a
century ago when we HF hams observed the VHF/UHF
hams revolutionizing amateur radio with their
technical expertise.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

It's amazing what people will say to try to justify dumbing down Amateur Radio.
 

"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
m...
Slow Code wrote:
It's funny, and most telling. The no-code hams have everything over 30
MHz, but it's the code hams that are the one's moving ham radio forward
and doing anything technical wise.

If that's true, it's certainly a change from half a
century ago when we HF hams observed the VHF/UHF
hams revolutionizing amateur radio with their
technical expertise.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com

Not at all. As usual, SC is again proving he is a bitter little man.

It's amazing what people will say to try to justify dumbing down Amateur Radio.
 

Cecil Moore wrote in
m:

Slow Code wrote:
It's funny, and most telling. The no-code hams have everything over 30
MHz, but it's the code hams that are the one's moving ham radio forward
and doing anything technical wise.

If that's true, it's certainly a change from half a
century ago when we HF hams observed the VHF/UHF
hams revolutionizing amateur radio with their
technical expertise.


And half a century ago those VHF/UHF hams had passed a code test. They
weren't no-coders, they were motivated and did what it took. Today's
no-codes aren't motivated and don't want to make an effort, therefore
they're probably not going to be motivated to move things forward either.

SC

It's amazing what people will say to try to justify dumbing down Amateur Radio.
 

On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:11:42 GMT, Slow Code spake
thusly:

Cecil Moore wrote in
om:

Slow Code wrote:
It's funny, and most telling. The no-code hams have everything over 30
MHz, but it's the code hams that are the one's moving ham radio forward
and doing anything technical wise.

If that's true, it's certainly a change from half a
century ago when we HF hams observed the VHF/UHF
hams revolutionizing amateur radio with their
technical expertise.


And half a century ago those VHF/UHF hams had passed a code test. They
weren't no-coders, they were motivated and did what it took. Today's
no-codes aren't motivated and don't want to make an effort, therefore
they're probably not going to be motivated to move things forward either.

Your defamation is well noted. Democracy just sucks, doesn't it?

It's amazing what people will say to try to justify dumbing downAmateur Radio.
 

Slow Code wrote:
And half a century ago those VHF/UHF hams had passed a code test. They
weren't no-coders, they were motivated and did what it took. Today's
no-codes aren't motivated and don't want to make an effort, therefore
they're probably not going to be motivated to move things forward either.

Actually, the Technician License was offered with
reduced code requirements for hams who were more
interested in technical experimentation than in
ragchewing.
--
73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com