[CW] One Day to Extra Class

Steve Massey [email protected]
Sat, 20 Apr 2002 20:27:29 -0700


were pretty close to just issueing the tickets in a cracker jack box as the
PRIZE  now !

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory W. Moore" <[email protected]>
To: "Jim Reid" <[email protected]>; "CW Reflector" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: [CW] One Day to Extra Class



>
> Maybe we should require all new licensees, however to be able to
> manipulate and buy and sell items on (that bid place) and require, for
> the next higher incentive, show they are able to sell a broken piece of
> equipment on (that bid place) successfully, for a order of magnitude
> greater than required for a lower class of license. One would get so many
> points for "creative description", "pump-it-up bidding" , "answering
> complaints", and would get a higher class the more they were able to
> screw out  of well meaning people who actually wanted this stuff ;-)
>
> The ultimate license would be Grifter Extra .... hi
> 73 de Greg WA3IVX
> Advanced Class, who wants to stay there for the novelty......
>
> Jim Reid wrote:
>
> > I am shocked at the following report from the ARRL!
> > I  am sending this to a fairly wide distribution with this
> > question:  is this where Amateur Radio really wants
> > to be going?  Or do you think the following is just
> > great and wonderful??
> >
> > >From today's ARRL Letter:
> >
> > "New York's Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club--LIMARC
> > --reports its first "one-day Extra" licensing upgrade class was
> > such a success that it's scheduled additional sessions for later
> > this spring. <  ..snip>
>
>
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