|
Proposal 3 (US Hams)
Code elements should be 13 wpm for General, and 20 wpm for Extra.
|
Proposal 3 (US Hams)
10 wpm novice, 20 wpm general and 35 wpm for extra class.
-- Regards, Gary...WZ1M "Slow Code" wrote in message ink.net... Code elements should be 13 wpm for General, and 20 wpm for Extra. |
Proposal 3 (US Hams)
gkb wrote:
10 wpm novice, 20 wpm general and 35 wpm for extra class. Well, this doesn't seem very relevant for folks here in rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors. We think the requirements should include being able to bench press a Collins R-390 and being tested on changing coupling capacitors with the B+ live. Other folks may consider other tests, for example testing someone for the ability to hold down the key for ten minutes straight while shouting "This is my channel, you don't own this frequency" over and over again. This is a skill that is becoming increasingly popular. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
blow code blows it again
Slow Code wrote: blow code blows it again |
Proposal 3 (US Hams)
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:41:53 UTC, "gkb" wrote:
10 wpm novice, 20 wpm general and 35 wpm for extra class. Yes, that's the ticket, back to the past. As if enough people weren't abandoning ham radio already. I have never thought that code was essential. It is just another "hoop" that someone has to jump through. Once I passed the code test, I never used it again. Get real, this is 2006, and with all the innovations on the radio spectrum, code is the last thing on people's minds. -- "What do you mean there's no movie?" |
Proposal 3 (US Hams)
On 9/26/06 2:50 PM, in article g40vCXBzNU8x-pn2-xidDCXv10dGz@localhost,
"Count Floyd" CountFloyd@MonsterChillerHorrorTheater wrote: On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:41:53 UTC, "gkb" wrote: 10 wpm novice, 20 wpm general and 35 wpm for extra class. Yes, that's the ticket, back to the past. As if enough people weren't abandoning ham radio already. I have never thought that code was essential. It is just another "hoop" that someone has to jump through. Once I passed the code test, I never used it again. Get real, this is 2006, and with all the innovations on the radio spectrum, code is the last thing on people's minds. If there is ever a serious emergency, including no commercial communications, guys like you who can't build a simple transmitter and companion receiver, and can't do code, will be the first to scream for help. What makes you think people are abandoning ham radio? I don't see that at all, but I do see a reduction in new hams. But...... What goes around will come around. Ham radio will grow again if the ARRL will quit mucking it up with their friggin yuppy, elitist attitude. Don |
Proposal 3 (US Hams)
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:02:15 UTC, Don Bowey
wrote: On 9/26/06 2:50 PM, in article g40vCXBzNU8x-pn2-xidDCXv10dGz@localhost, "Count Floyd" CountFloyd@MonsterChillerHorrorTheater wrote: On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:41:53 UTC, "gkb" wrote: 10 wpm novice, 20 wpm general and 35 wpm for extra class. Yes, that's the ticket, back to the past. As if enough people weren't abandoning ham radio already. I have never thought that code was essential. It is just another "hoop" that someone has to jump through. Once I passed the code test, I never used it again. Get real, this is 2006, and with all the innovations on the radio spectrum, code is the last thing on people's minds. If there is ever a serious emergency, including no commercial communications, guys like you who can't build a simple transmitter and companion receiver, and can't do code, will be the first to scream for help. Where did you get the part that I cannot build a radio? I simply said that I do not use code anymore! I have built many radios, repaired them and use them to this day! This attitude is typical of old-timers, and I am 54 myself! How may radios have you built pal? What makes you think people are abandoning ham radio? I don't see that at all, but I do see a reduction in new hams. But...... What goes around will come around. Ham radio will grow again if the ARRL will quit mucking it up with their friggin yuppy, elitist attitude. I agree with you on the ARRL! They are the ones who constantly keep pushing for "code" requirements to be raised! Check the figures on hams around the country. At a recent South Florida hamfest, it seemed that I was the youngest guy there! Don -- "What do you mean there's no movie?" |
Proposal 3 (US Hams)
Count Floyd CountFloyd@MonsterChillerHorrorTheater wrote:
Yes, that's the ticket, back to the past. As if enough people weren't abandoning ham radio already. I have never thought that code was essential. It is just another "hoop" that someone has to jump through. Once I passed the code test, I never used it again. Get real, this is 2006, and with all the innovations on the radio spectrum, code is the last thing on people's minds. Well, if that's the case, why not test them on use of the new innovations? How about making them demonstrate competence operating five different modes of their choice? They can choose between HF SSB, VHF/UHF FM, CW, SSTV, fax, RTTY, packet, what have you. That way folks who want to learn code and might use code have an advantage, but folks who can type 130 wpm also have an advantage... --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
Proposal 3 (US Hams)
"Count Floyd" CountFloyd@MonsterChillerHorrorTheater wrote in
news:g40vCXBzNU8x-pn2-xidDCXv10dGz@localhost: On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:41:53 UTC, "gkb" wrote: 10 wpm novice, 20 wpm general and 35 wpm for extra class. Yes, that's the ticket, back to the past. As if enough people weren't abandoning ham radio already. I have never thought that code was essential. It is just another "hoop" that someone has to jump through. Once I passed the code test, I never used it again. Get real, this is 2006, and with all the innovations on the radio spectrum, code is the last thing on people's minds. Dumbing it down cheapened the license, making being a radio amateur nothing special. No wonder they leaving. SC |
Proposal 3 (US Hams)
|
| All times are GMT +1. The time now is 06:16 PM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
RadioBanter.com