On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 09:46:44 GMT, "Dwight Stewart"
wrote:

"Dan/W4NTI" wrote:

Why the difference between HF and VHF ?
Because HF requires more operator ability
to properly operate in the crowded
invironment there. (snip)


Nonsense. If HF really "requires" more operator ability, why are those
without that ability (those newly licensed to classes with those privileges)
routinely allowed on those frequencies? Like everything else in Ham radio,
any unique skills for actual HF operation is learned after the license exams
through practice. If the rules allowed, absolutely anybody, regardless of
license class, could do the same.


(snip) And to fullfill why ham radio even exists.
To help provide a trained group of radio
operators and electronic personnel in the event
of national emergency. (snip)


Rewriting why Amateur Radio exists, Dan? I saw nothing about preparing for
a "national emergency" in the rules. Regardless, exactly how are you, with
your license class, better prepared for a "national emergency" than I am
with my license class? The only significant difference between the two
license classes is code and the frequencies we operate on (and my radio
equipment is capable of covering those frequencies).


If one is able to do CW. He is a more capable
operator. (snip)


In your own mind. If that were actually true, it would remain true
throughout radio. Are you a "more capable" operator then military radio
personnel who have no CW requirement? Are you a "more capable" operator than
commercial radio operators who also have no CW requirement? Of course not.
Beyond CW, there is nothing inherent about CW that would make one more
capable.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/

Bruce might learn something from Dwight if he would open his mind up
and listen. I like your site Dwight. It shows what Amateur Radio is
about and what Bruce isn't capable of.

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