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Old December 6th 03, 06:51 PM
Kim W5TIT
 
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"N2EY" wrote in message
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"Kim" wrote in message

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"Dee D. Flint" wrote in message
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"N2EY" wrote in message
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In article , Alun
writes:

I think you're missing the point. I took _code_ tests to get

_phone_
subbands. There's no logic in that. Never was, even from the

beginning.

Sure there is. Here it is, though you may argue that it doesn't hold

much
water
today:


In addition, anyone one who thinks they took the code tests to get

phone
subbands isn't really viewing it from the right perspective anyway.

The
code test, as well as the additional writtens, was to get HF

privileges or
should have been. It happens that phone privileges are included when

one
earns HF privileges.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE


I endured the study of and took the test for CW *just* for the phone
privleges on 10M, specifically to join in on a nightly ragchew with a

whole
bunch of local folks--which is no longer going on but it was neat while

it
did. That is the *only* reason I did anything involving CW. So, you

can
word it any way you want, Dee, but what compels one person to work with

CW
at all, may not be what compels someone else.


Exactly!

And consider this:

I know hams who "endured" the study and *written* tests for the
Technician, General, Advanced and Extra, because they wanted the
*CW/data* privileges. (Code test was no problem for them).

Hans' proposal would cause all new hams to "endure" the study for and
taking of a written test just to *keep* an amateur license beyond 10
years.

73 de Jim, N2EY


I think I like that idea!

Kim W5TIT