RHF wrote:
Slow Code wrote:
Let's keep the CB'ers on CB.

SC

SC - So... Why Cross-Post this to a Shortwave Listener's (SWL)
Radio NewsGroup ? ? ?
becuase he is a troll deserate for attention

Shortwave Listening (SWL) - No License Required [.] ~ RHF


Then again may be your Question should be :
If you had to Study to get a CB License ? - Would you become a Ham ?
.
.
. .

wrote in message
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I have a better idea.

Lets require all Ham radio operators take an I.Q. test. Only upon
passing the test would an operator be allowed Amateur privileges.
A score of 130 would be required. This would eliminate 98% of
hams and also eliminate overcrowding of the band.

The 98% of Amateurs who flunk would automatically be termed CBers.
This shouldn't be a problem because 98% of Amateurs are nothing but
self glorified CBers anyway. They just would never admit it.

Problem solved.

You've got that right!

"RHF" wrote in
ps.com:


Slow Code wrote:
Let's keep the CB'ers on CB.



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


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


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


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


Tnx, 73

SC

SC - So... Why Cross-Post this to a Shortwave Listener's (SWL)
Radio NewsGroup ? ? ?

Shortwave Listening (SWL) - No License Required [.] ~ RHF


Then again may be your Question should be :
If you had to Study to get a CB License ? - Would you become a Ham ?
.
.
. .



I'd be both, but the CB'ers would have to agree to:



1: No more automatic renewals. CB'ers must retest and
pass all elements required for the Extra class.


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


3: Code elements, 13 wpm for General, and 20 wpm for Extra and CB'ers.


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


Tnx, 73, Keep up the good work. Burp.


~SC

"DrDeath" wrote in
:

"Slow Code" wrote in message
link.net...
"DrDeath" wrote in
:

"Slow Code" wrote in message
k.net...

Let's keep the (BITCHSLAPPED)

Like I said, we don't want to be hams or we would already have tickets
you slow witted troll.



Breaker, Breaker, Breaker, anyone got their ears on, kick it on back to Mr
Death, the big dog around town.

Slow Code wrote:
"DrDeath" wrote in
:



Breaker, Breaker, Breaker, anyone got their ears on, kick it on back to Mr
Death, the big dog around town.
gee why do you USE the cw lingo you affect to despise?

DrDeath wrote:
"The Kat" wrote in message
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On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:00:34 -0500, "DrDeath"
wrote:



WHY in the **** are you continuing this thread
in a SCANNER newsgroup??

Because I can. Nice meltdown though.

meaning you have no ccause to complain when other do likewsie dr kook

You could eliminate the tests, or you could increase passing levels and
I suspect the results would be the same. Fewer and fewer people
joining the hobby.


Slow Code wrote:
Let's keep the CB'ers on CB.



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


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


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


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


Tnx, 73

SC

"John S." wrote in message
oups.com...
You could eliminate the tests, or you could increase passing levels and
I suspect the results would be the same. Fewer and fewer people
joining the hobby.



There are MANY reasons why ham may not be as popular. NO ONE reason is THE
reason. Code sure isn't it. It didn't stop the many who desired a license
from persuing it. If you want to do it - you will - simple as that. EFFORT
is the name of the game!

Slow Code wrote:
Let's keep the CB'ers on CB.


Many a fine CBer has moved up to Ham - and improved the hobby. CODE didn't
keep the scum of the bands from operating there ON CB OR now in the Ham
bands. SO - CODE IS NOT THE REASON.

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

Tnx, 73

SC


With the way you've been talking - you (SC) couldn't even do 85%. SO, you'd
be cutting yourself out.

I've said it before, I'll say it again - there are MANY things in life you
MUST learn to get by, some by pure need or desire. You "LEARNED" to drive,
had to study the rules of the road. You "LEARNED" how to do many other
things - and I'm damned sure "studied" things in school - maybe even college
or post high school to get to where you wanted to be - maybe took an exam
for a job promotion. HAM is just one more thing to "learn". For Christs
sakes, if you had EVERYTHING handed to you - it wouldn't be worth having. To
JUST have a "DRIVER'S LICENSE" "GIVEN" to you - would produce havoc on our
roads. To JUST GIVE AWAY "PILOTS LICENSES - would be devastating to many
when they come crashing down. To JUST "GIVE" Radio Licenses away -
regardless class or whatever - would produce havoc on the air waves.
SOMEWHERE - there HAS to be SOME control.

ANYONE not willing to work for something - is PURE LAZY.................. NO
other way to put it. I suppose those of you whining and bitching - never had
the pleasure of "satisfaction" KNOWING you "passed" a test by KNOWING the
material - NOT having it given to you.

THIS isn't ALL JUST about code anymore - our whole freaking nation is
dumbing down and that is SAD. AND it is getting to be a "lawless" society
where no one cares anymore - they do as they damned well please. Be it on
the telephone, radio, highway, waterways, in the air......... where ever -
doing whatever - they're not supposed to be doing. Step on your neighbors
rights but damned if they're to step on yours. That logic creates more
troubles.

This sort of thread will continue as long as there are whiners who don't
want to EARN a privelage - they want it "handed" to them. No wonder this
country and/or world is so screwed up.

L.

The point I was trying to make is that the amateur radio hobby matured
about 3 decades ago. It's membership is aging rapidly and the number
of active participants is declining. As the baby boomer generation
dies off at an increasing rate the amateur radio hobby will continue to
fade away. Fiddling with the test requirements isn't going to magically
entice younger blood away from the many other license-free ways of
communicating. I would venture to say that you could open the ham
bands completely CB style and not get a big jump in membership. There
are just too many other interesting, easy to use ways of communicating
that that younger people are accustomed to using. I wish it were
otherwise.

Making the ham radio test more of a challenge as you suggest misses the
point completely. The point is that there will be a diminishing number
of people with any interest becoming a ham, no matter what the
requirements are.


L. wrote:
"John S." wrote in message
oups.com...
You could eliminate the tests, or you could increase passing levels and
I suspect the results would be the same. Fewer and fewer people
joining the hobby.



There are MANY reasons why ham may not be as popular. NO ONE reason is THE
reason. Code sure isn't it. It didn't stop the many who desired a license
from persuing it. If you want to do it - you will - simple as that. EFFORT
is the name of the game!

Slow Code wrote:
Let's keep the CB'ers on CB.


Many a fine CBer has moved up to Ham - and improved the hobby. CODE didn't
keep the scum of the bands from operating there ON CB OR now in the Ham
bands. SO - CODE IS NOT THE REASON.

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

Tnx, 73

SC


With the way you've been talking - you (SC) couldn't even do 85%. SO, you'd
be cutting yourself out.

I've said it before, I'll say it again - there are MANY things in life you
MUST learn to get by, some by pure need or desire. You "LEARNED" to drive,
had to study the rules of the road. You "LEARNED" how to do many other
things - and I'm damned sure "studied" things in school - maybe even college
or post high school to get to where you wanted to be - maybe took an exam
for a job promotion. HAM is just one more thing to "learn". For Christs
sakes, if you had EVERYTHING handed to you - it wouldn't be worth having. To
JUST have a "DRIVER'S LICENSE" "GIVEN" to you - would produce havoc on our
roads. To JUST GIVE AWAY "PILOTS LICENSES - would be devastating to many
when they come crashing down. To JUST "GIVE" Radio Licenses away -
regardless class or whatever - would produce havoc on the air waves.
SOMEWHERE - there HAS to be SOME control.

ANYONE not willing to work for something - is PURE LAZY.................. NO
other way to put it. I suppose those of you whining and bitching - never had
the pleasure of "satisfaction" KNOWING you "passed" a test by KNOWING the
material - NOT having it given to you.

THIS isn't ALL JUST about code anymore - our whole freaking nation is
dumbing down and that is SAD. AND it is getting to be a "lawless" society
where no one cares anymore - they do as they damned well please. Be it on
the telephone, radio, highway, waterways, in the air......... where ever -
doing whatever - they're not supposed to be doing. Step on your neighbors
rights but damned if they're to step on yours. That logic creates more
troubles.

This sort of thread will continue as long as there are whiners who don't
want to EARN a privelage - they want it "handed" to them. No wonder this
country and/or world is so screwed up.

L.

wrote in message
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On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:20:47 -0400, "L." wrote:

"John S." wrote in message
groups.com...
. EFFORT
is the name of the game!
bull****
http://kb9rqz.blogspot.com/

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BULL ****? TRY a bit of effort in some of your spelling dude - your website
sucks with misspelled words as do most of your posts.

EFFORT IS required in most anything in life - worth having. For some jack
off who thinks we NEEDED this war - then why don't you MAKE AN EFFORT TO
HELP FIGHT IT. Maybe if we're lucky, you'll be wiped out instead of a
soldier who didn't need to be there.

Don't even bother replying jack off. You're barred from my screen.