Watch this, John:


John, you said:

2. Any *prospective* US ham who learns the code and gets their Extra
(as opposed to getting their General) will be villified and condemned
by you, as well as others in this NG, as a product of the (supposedly)
dumbed down written exams, even if they operate CW 100% of their total
operating time, and


Then, Larry said:


Not by me, they won't! Please don't go Kim on me, John!

Then you made a couple of points and Larry said:

. . .In any
event, I don't think that passing ANY current amateur radio test element
is a particularly challenging endeavor these days. With open question
pools, VE testing that allows taking the test multiple times per session,
and a 70% passing score, anyone who can't go into a test session and
walk out with an Extra just isn't trying.


Ummmm, if that's not an inference to "dumbed down" then what is?

Then, Larry goes on even more to say:


The current technical
requirements in the written exams are strictly amateur level, as they
should be, and prove little about a prospective ham's technical
competence. This he will have to prove to his/her fellow hams by
actual participation, which is subject to evaluation by his/her peers.


And, if you ain't on board with Larry's way of operating, then you ain't
Larry. And, if you ain't Larry, well, then...

And, here's the clincher from Larry:

You're entitled to your opinion. The problem is, the NCTA's don't think
I'm entitled to mine! If I don't follow the rest of the flock of
lemmings,
put on my tie-dyed tee shirt, faded jeans and Birkenstock sandals, and
hold hands with them and sing "Kumbuya" as they chant their liberal,
politically-correct mantra of "inclusiveness" while celebrating the end
of the requirement to be tested for a useful communications skill, I may
as well take that .50AE and use my radio gear for target practice, as far
as
they're concerned! The NCTA are classic liberals, and like all liberals,
they can "tolerate" anything except a difference of opinion. Another
thing that characterizes liberals is a lack of a sense of humor, which may
explain why you apparently missed the tongue-in-cheek nature of my
"deal."

73 de Larry, K3LT


Larry doesn't know we read between the lines...LOL

Kim W5TIT


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