[CW] no code- little code

[n3drk]

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Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 6:22 PM
Subject: [CW] no code- little code


> Exactly the point of giving the test questions and answers out.  Anyone
can
> pass the test, who has a good memory.  Some people have said you should
never
> teach a course of any kind, by using the questions you know will be asked,
and
> teaching just toward them.  I contend that it is an excellent way to
teach.
> Make the test cover every subject which you want to student to know, then
teach
> them how to get the answers using math and good sense.
>    I would write up my lesson plans, using those questions as the target
for
> my final results.  Dont teach that a dipole for 7.220 is 64.8 feet long.
> Teach how to find the formula for a half wave dipole, then make them plug
in the
> figures to make a dipole for every band they will be allowed if they pass
the
> test they are working on.  Yes, that takes some memorization (the band
edges),
> but makes them THINK.

Makes one wonder the hidden motive of the VEC.s. First it was allowing the
VEC.s to come up with the test questions for the study guide and NOW the
proposals to the FCC to rid the future hams the "burden" of the "outmoded"
CW. I would like to see a final solution of taking away ALL POWER of the
VEC's. They have not used proper judgement in these matters. All I see is a
subtle undermining of Amateur Radio by these traitors. PUT THE POWER BACK
INTO THE HANDS OF THE FCC. And once again the ARRL is strangely silent.

john