"Dee D. Flint" wrote in message gy.com...
"Alun Palmer" wrote in message
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The thing is Dee, a CW test is a very odd way to 'earn' HF. I'm not atall
sure that a person has not earned HF just beacause they haven't learnt CW.
Sure, Part 97 might agree with that rather peculiar proposition for the
time being, but it won't much longer.

The thing is that happens to be the current requirement regardless of our
individual opinions on whether it is peculiar or not. and I know people who
have been whining for 10 years waiting for the code requirement to go away.
It's rather peculiar that a person would wait that long and miss out on all
the operating that they profess to wanting to do.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE

Ditto buying a house. With interest rates at 40 year lows, now people
can afford to move out of crappy neighborhoods.

Different people have different reasons. I don't know why they didn't
move out of the crappy neighborhoods 10 years ago, but...