[Boatanchors] OT: CW Test

[Rob Atkinson]

I disagree.  yes, there were lids, but there are more now.


Rob
K5UJ

On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 8:26 PM, GRANT YOUNGMAN <nq5t at tx.rr.com> wrote:
> Actually, while it may make us old geezers feel better that we had to struggle through cigar smoke filled exam rooms and suffer the trials of CW exams, I don't really think the CW test was an effective lid filter.  If there hadn't been lids, Gil wouldn't have had a reason to draw cartoons :-)
>
> Grant NQ5T
>
>
>> On Dec 28, 2014, at 6:13 PM, Dennis DuVall <duvallddennis at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> It was a great "Lid" filter.
>>
>> Dennis D.  W7QHO
>> Glendale, CA
>>
>>> On Dec 28, 2014, at 9:59 AM, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'll only add that eliminating the CW test was a mistake, ...
>>>
>>> I put in my suggestion at the time to keep a 5WPM CW test
>>> for just the Extra Class.  I still think it was a good idea.
>>>
>>>
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