"Brian Kelly" wrote:

Beats me, ask those who repeatedly claim that
eliminating the code tests will by some
mysterious means or another "push the hobby/
service forward". Which experience has already
demonstrated is complete BS.


Well, I suppose one could argue that those without code ability have
pushed the hobby/service forward by just being there (shear numbers do help
Amateur Radio). Of course, that is not likely to be an argument that
satisfies you, but it was the only thing I could come up with at this
moment. However, I think even those with code ability would agree that at
least some have walked away from ham radio because of the code testing
requirement. Would one of those have pushed the hobby/service forward? We'll
obviously never know (especially since we're not even clear on what that
phrase means).


The difference is that us coders don't go around
bleating about how we "push the hobby/service
forward". Which is one of the bogus battle cries
of the free lunchers. (snip)


Well, with the amount of noise those with code ability make in general, it
would be a little hard to notice even if they did.

The rest of your message seems more to be a declaration than a discussion
so I'll let it go unanswered.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

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