On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:34:32 -0500, Dee Flint
wrote:

I've never operated satellite and never intend to and have no interest in
ever doing so. Yet I had to answer questions on it. Do I think it
should
be taken out of the test? No, because it is something allowed by my
privileges.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE


Please demonstrate your knowledge of Sat - data - sctv abilities. For your
license that is. not just a passing knowledge in the topic but send and
receive a 1 minute transmission of each.

CW has its place in amateur radio... in history.

When code was the primary means of transmitting a message, demonstrating
your skill prior to getting your lic. was a great idea.

That time has passed.

As far as I know, no bandwidth has been off-limits to CW. Makes me wonder
at what your rail about.


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STEVE TROOK wrote:

: wish the U.S. would too.


do you have some sort of physical/health problem that stops
you from passing a simple 5wpm morse test ?

Jim - NN7K wrote:

: Hey, lets get rid of the WRITTEN test, too- too much work!
: and just WHY should an obsolete agency of the Federal Government
: have all the fun assigning callsigns ?? 10-4 good buddy ??
: NN7K


exactly!

i have no interest in doing the pilots test..but all i want is a liitle
piece of the airspace at 5000ft to do some simple flying with radio beside
me!!!

waaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..why wont they give me my pilots licence


waaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... they say i have to do an exam or two....


waaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Sarco wrote:

: It always amazes me that when ever "change" is proposed in any
: organization, there are many people who quiver at the thought, and also
: boast the downfall of the establishment that will come with the proposed
: change.

if you evidence of what has happened to amateur bands following the
lowering of entry requirements just get some REAL OFF-AIR RECORDINGS OF
EUROPEAN HAM RADIO.

there are times when 7mhz and 144 sounds more like 27mhz !!

"Dee Flint" wrote:

: Having no interest in the mode is not a valid reason for dropping it from
: testing. There are rational reasons for dropping it (just as there are
lets face it.
the morse test has kept thpusands of cb'ers off our amateur bans for
years.

as soon as you mention a morse test,,they run away.


anyone who REALLY WANTS HF will do a SIMPLE 5WPM MORSE TEST.

"DougSlug" wrote:

: All of the emotional arguments about "tradition" and "keeping the riff-raff
: out of the hobby" are irrelevant. Anyone who wants to use code will still

and when it goes, you will turn amateur radio into multi-band cb radio.

standards will fall.
respect for the license will fall.
problems of deliberate qrm will rise.

"James King" wrote:

: Please demonstrate your knowledge of Sat - data - sctv abilities. For your
: license that is. not just a passing knowledge in the topic but send and
: receive a 1 minute transmission of each.
:
: CW has its place in amateur radio... in history.

even though morse is the original DIGITAL MODE !

bob wrote:

: Not this Canadian.
:
:
: (Heck, I passed 10 and 15, and people complain about 5?? You can look
: the darn letters up on a chart at that that speed.)

EXACTLY!

"Adair Winter" wrote:

: Exactly, people are just lazy,

EXACTLY!

"Caveat Lector" wrote:

:
: Should they be tested on SSB, FM, RTTY, ATV, SSTV, and PSK31 also ??
you cant SEND SSB BY ANY HUMAN BODY PART ... DOH!

if rtty was 1baud or maybe even 2baud then it would be possible to send
the baudot code by hand.

YOU CANT SEND ATV BY ANY HUMAN BODY PART unless you have a BIONIC EYE !!

etc etc etc

: Does not compute
your attitude to a simple morse test of only 5wpm does not compute.




even a director of no-code-international sat a morse assessment
which says a lot about attitudes to getting on hf.