The hobby is almost dead anyway,nothing is going to save it. No one
cares about Ham radio.Most people under 30 have never heard of it and
don't care. All they want is their cell phones, Ipods,etc. The FCC
can't save it by changing anything.
Povertyhill wrote:
Gee do all hams in Colorado think like this or only ones in Denver? Get a
life and play with your CW key with a buzzer!

"Radio Buff" wrote in message
nk.net...
Dear sir:

The FCC has been dumbing down ham radio for several years now. This has
hurt the integrity of the service and is bad for America. They are
planning to dumb it down again really soon now and their plan will make
ham radio like CB and it will be bad for America. We already have one CB
service, we don't need two. Please pressure the FCC to endorse the
following items for the good of the service and County.
God bless America.


Signed
(Your name & callsign)



No more automatic renewals. Individuals must retest and pass all elements
required for their license class.

The passing score for written exams needs to be raised to 85%.

Code elements should be 13 wpm for General, and 20 wpm for Extra.

Make the no-code license one year non-renewable.

Merlin3rd wrote:
The hobby is almost dead anyway,nothing is going to save it. No one
cares about Ham radio.Most people under 30 have never heard of it and
don't care. All they want is their cell phones, Ipods,etc. The FCC
can't save it by changing anything.
perhaps not but others think otherwise

OTOH the "proposal" of mr Slow Code aka Hey Stupid would finsh finsh
the ARS in 10 ten years

On 1 Jul 2006 21:04:41 -0700, an_old_friend wrote:

OTOH the "proposal" of mr Slow Code aka Hey Stupid would finsh finsh
the ARS in 10 ten years

get help

Lloyd wrote:
On 1 Jul 2006 21:04:41 -0700, an_old_friend wrote:

OTOH the "proposal" of mr Slow Code aka Hey Stupid would finsh finsh
the ARS in 10 ten years

get help
for what

teling the simple that "hey Stpids" plan would kill off the ARS in
single renewal cylce?

"an_old_friend" wrote in
ups.com:


Merlin3rd wrote:
The hobby is almost dead anyway,nothing is going to save it. No one
cares about Ham radio.Most people under 30 have never heard of it and
don't care. All they want is their cell phones, Ipods,etc. The FCC
can't save it by changing anything.
perhaps not but others think otherwise

OTOH the "proposal" of mr Slow Code aka Hey Stupid would finsh finsh
the ARS in 10 ten years


Just exactly what are you trying to babble out now? Having more qualified
hams will kill the service? An amateur radio license isn't worth enough
that you should have to work for it? License candidates are lazy and
won't work to get a license?

Please babble to us how requiring more proficient amateurs will kill ham
radio.

sc

On Wed, 05 Jul 2006 19:00:12 GMT, Hey Stupid wrote:

Please babble to us how requiring more proficient amateurs will kill ham
radio.

Well ...

It would probably reduce the total number of hams. But those who just
want to buy a radio, plug it in and yell at people can still buy a CB
set from RatShack.

No, please tell us how requiring code tests and more difficult technical
testing creates a "more proficient" ham?

When code testing was 13/20 WPM and the technical tests were much
harder, we still had all the idiots on the bands. Those idiots are not
more proficient. You are simply ignoring reality. Do you live in a cave
or something?


Please babble to us how requiring more proficient amateurs will kill ham
radio.

sc

J. D. B. wrote:
No, please tell us how requiring code tests and more difficult technical
testing creates a "more proficient" ham?

When code testing was 13/20 WPM and the technical tests were much
harder, we still had all the idiots on the bands. Those idiots are not
more proficient. You are simply ignoring reality. Do you live in a cave
or something?
I think he does UBL cave with the quipement reachto various websites
and NG to (like his mentor UBL) try and disupt the world that has left
him behind


Please babble to us how requiring more proficient amateurs will kill ham
radio.

sc

On Sun, 09 Jul 2006 07:25:56 -0400, "J. D. B."
wrote:

No, please tell us how requiring code tests and more difficult technical
testing creates a "more proficient" ham?

When code testing was 13/20 WPM and the technical tests were much
harder, we still had all the idiots on the bands. Those idiots are not
more proficient. You are simply ignoring reality. Do you live in a cave
or something?

The claim was "more proficient", not "generally nicer and better able
to get along with people". There will always be idiots in insert any
field but a ham who can't copy code at 1 wpm isn't more proficient
(or as proficient) at communicating under any and all conditions as
one who can.

Someone who can do something is, by definition, more proficient at
doing it than someone who can't. Requiring code tests and real
technical testing (the current tests are a joke) makes sure that most
of the people who get licensed are more proficient at receiving code
and with technical matters.

Al Klein wrote:
On Sun, 09 Jul 2006 07:25:56 -0400, "J. D. B."
wrote:

Requiring code tests and real
technical testing (the current tests are a joke) makes sure that most
of the people who get licensed are more proficient at receiving code
and with technical matters.
no it does not

most of the people that get license tody never take a code test

therfore they are not made more profeincent at Morse code even

you "facts" are well... ****ed