[AMRadio] The PROPOSED ARRL Suggestions to FCC

[Jim Isbell]

Tommye & Jim Wilhite wrote:

> I can also see that the code was a filter that prevented some
>undesirables from applying.  I hate the fact that I had to work harder than
>some new person that does not have to know the code to gain the privileges.
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Realizing that we are both on the same side on this, I want to comment 
ONLY on this portion of what was said.  This is the old, "If  I was 
hazed, then by God, I will haze the new comers to the group"  Yes, if 
they eliminate code then others will get it "cheaper" than I did, but to 
make that a reason to oppose it is just to support the act of "Hazing" 
 unless it can be shown that learning code will increase the technical 
ability of an applicant.  But I doubt that that can be done.  In fact I 
would be willing to bet that a chimpanzee could be taught code at 5 
WPM!!!  And I would be just as willing to bet that you could NOT teach a 
chimp to read a single schematic and build a circuit.