Slow Code wrote:
1: No more automatic renewals. Individuals must retest and
pass all elements required for their license class.
might be a good idea but only if we go one class of license o make
deffernt test to renew


2: The passing score for written exams needs to be raised to 85%.
mayebe ok


3: Code elements should be 13 wpm for General, and 20 wpm for Extra.
killing the service off


4: Make the no-code license one year non-renewable.
and cuting numbers by 50percent insuring the end of the ars within 10
years

4: Make the no-code license one year non-renewable.
and cuting numbers by 50percent insuring the end of the ars within 10
years


ALL ARES and RACES members will have master 20 WPM CW or better

"Steve Stone" wrote in message
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4: Make the no-code license one year non-renewable.
and cuting numbers by 50percent insuring the end of the ars within 10
years


ALL ARES and RACES members will have master 20 WPM CW or better

and??

ALL ARES and RACES members will have master 20 WPM CW or better

and??



kick anyone out who can't make the hurdle

Steve Stone wrote:
ALL ARES and RACES members will have master 20 WPM CW or better

and??



kick anyone out who can't make the hurdle
and as the title sugests Kill the ars very productive exericse

Thatll be the end of all those geeks...you guys are all nuts, glad I
found you again

Steve Stone wrote:
ALL ARES and RACES members will have master 20 WPM CW or better
and??



kick anyone out who can't make the hurdle

"Steve Stone" wrote in message
...

ALL ARES and RACES members will have master 20 WPM CW or better

and??



kick anyone out who can't make the hurdle

Ok.... and lose 99% of the available operators when another Katrina
hits..... We needed *ANYBODY* that had a radio and a license for almost a
month after the storm. My town took the direct hit from Katrina..... even
though we are 60 miles north of the gulf, I still had 110mph sustained winds
at my house.

Noon-Air wrote:
"Steve Stone" wrote in message
...

ALL ARES and RACES members will have master 20 WPM CW or better

and??



kick anyone out who can't make the hurdle

Ok.... and lose 99% of the available operators when another Katrina
hits..... We needed *ANYBODY* that had a radio and a license for almost a
month after the storm. My town took the direct hit from Katrina..... even
though we are 60 miles north of the gulf, I still had 110mph sustained winds
at my house.
indeed

what would be more usfull my wife and I or an old geezer with a key and
artirtic fingers or worse yet no one at all

"Noon-Air" wrote in
:


"Steve Stone" wrote in message
...

ALL ARES and RACES members will have master 20 WPM CW or better

and??



kick anyone out who can't make the hurdle

Ok.... and lose 99% of the available operators when another Katrina
hits..... We needed *ANYBODY* that had a radio and a license for almost
a month after the storm. My town took the direct hit from Katrina.....
even though we are 60 miles north of the gulf, I still had 110mph
sustained winds at my house.



You'll lose some lazy ops, sure, but the operators that remain will be
better.

Sc

Slow Code wrote:
"Noon-Air" wrote in
:


Ok.... and lose 99% of the available operators when another Katrina
hits..... We needed *ANYBODY* that had a radio and a license for almost
a month after the storm. My town took the direct hit from Katrina.....
even though we are 60 miles north of the gulf, I still had 110mph
sustained winds at my house.



You'll lose some lazy ops, sure, but the operators that remain will be
better.
you can't lose half the ops as you propose and survive as a funtional
gruop

it is just that simple

Sc