Get real - the testing requirement for ham radio will always be there.
They're
just getting with the times

In other words the CBplusser Knuckle Draggers, wont more Dumbing Down at any
cost.

Perhaps the best way to ensure actual knowledge of ham radio is not to
publish
the answers for all to study.

That would have kept you out of Ham Radio all together Andy

Many of our modes are already outdated, that's not the point though, they
are still a part of our hobby and it should be required to have a knowledge
of them. Not publishing the answers may be an answer, but I doubt it will
fly anymore.

Chuck WG2A

"VHFRadioBuff" wrote in message
...
Get real - the testing requirement for ham radio will always be there.
They're
just getting with the times, and with the rest of the world by eliminating
an
outdated section of the test.

Perhaps the best way to ensure actual knowledge of ham radio is not to
publish
the answers for all to study. That would force potential and upgrading
hams to
actually learn instead of memorize.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
73! de Andy KC2SSB - WPYI880 (GMRS)
Beachwood, NJ USA! Grid FM29vw
http://vhfradiobuff.tripod.com

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 21:57:40 -0800, Bill Turner
wrote:

When I was a teenager I worked JA from California on six with a
homebrewed 2E26 transmitter (remember them?) running five watts of AM to
a ground plane and a converted war surplus receiver.

I *know* about patience. :-)

--
Bill W6WRT

LOL - now THAT is cool - like the first time I hooked up a converted
CB SSB rig that I bought at a hamfest for $20 and my first QSO with it
on 10m SSB yielded a contact with a UL7 and RS 59 each way!

I have 2E26es here ready for winter projects...

*** (BUT NO 2E26's - LOL!) ***

73 -

nah
they dont vote

"WA8ULX" wrote in message
...
Is it TRUE that most hams are Republicans?

Have no Idea.
What is true is, most CBplusser Knuckle Draggers are Democrats.

1 wpm?

"Chas" wrote in message
k.net...
5WPM Bill, 5WPM, how much more easy does it have to be? The written is
simple & the CW test a joke. I know of 7 year olds that passed a 5WPM CW
test & are still licensed hams today, no Doctorates, just determined.

Chuck WG2A

"Bill Turner" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 23:21:25 GMT, "Chas" wrote:

Sorry Bill, the
anti-code types are just a pack of seriously lazy people.

____________________

I know several people with doctoral degrees who are utterly turned off
of ham radio by the code requirement. Do you honestly think someone who
persevered through eight years of college is "lazy"?

Your attempt to paint all anti-code people with the same brush just
doesn't work.

--
Bill W6WRT

50 WPM NOW!!!!!!
spark gap!!!!!!!!!!
build your own tubes!!!!!!
yeah

"WA8ULX" wrote in message
...
Free Licenses now? I'll bet that when CW is dropped, the NCI will change
to
the NTI (No Test Int.). As I read from their web site & from members, it
really seems to be the direction they're going.

Chuck WG2A


Thats what there GOAL is

and soon,75 meter swearing with drunks

"WA8ULX" wrote in message
...
I have an 18 month old son, a wife in school full time who also works, I
volunteer on a local ambulance and I work 40+ hrs a week. Very little
time
for
consistant studying in order to learn the code. I don't even have time to
be
a
member in the local radio club.

Besides - why should I bother? CW will be eliminated shortly anyway.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
73! de Andy KC2SSB - WPYI880 (GMRS)

I will bet you have more than enough time to sit on your ass and play 2
Meter
CB.

and soon,75 meter swearing with drunks

You CBers will fit right in on 75

with you extras huh
i have 4 more states on 6 needed
ctrl opp on 10 repeaters
acs
antennas and coax donated to fire station
good ham 12 years
stuff it
"WA8ULX" wrote in message
...
and soon,75 meter swearing with drunks

You CBers will fit right in on 75

with you extras huh
i have 4 more states on 6 needed
ctrl opp on 10 repeaters
acs
antennas and coax donated to fire station


And dont have a CLUE