[CW] QRM and Technician License Expansion

Tue Mar 19 18:32:34 EDT 2019

I agree...dropped 'em like a stone too

I don't think you have to be a member to get DXCC (you just have to pay 
more). You don't have to be a member to use LOTW I'm sure.

I don't support the new initiative .

John K5MO

On 3/19/2019 4:56 PM, n7dc at comcast.net wrote:
> 
> Yes, the ARRL supported the series of dumbdowns and the results can be 
> heard on air.  But I vote with my wallet...I dropped them after 30 
> years.  Jim
> 
> A wink is as good as a nod to a blind mule.
> 
> 
> That was my intent too. but along came LOTW.  Today, it is essentially 
> the only way to get card for DXCC, etc.  In fact, stateside, we have to 
> be members to get the awards, and that was a main reason to join them 55 
> years ago, anyway.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> On Tuesday, March 19, 2019 Richard Knoppow <cw at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> N7DC at ARRL.NET
> Ex WN5QMX,WA5UKR,ET2US,ET3USA,SV0WPP,VS6DD,N7DC/YV5/G5CTB
> QSL Bureau, DIRECT, LOTW Preferred, eQSL used but upload at a courtesy 
> only, as do not use the system for awards.
> 
>> On March 19, 2019 at 3:58 PM abqcooks--- via CW <cw at mailman.qth.net> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>     I think perhaps what these people want is CB. No technical
>> knowledge or code needed. Keep in mind the original excuse (or
>> justification if you prefer) for amateur radio was to provide a
>> group of knowedgable people with adequate equipment to cope with
>> emergencies where the regular commercial communications had
>> broken down. It is perhaps harder to maintain this justification
>> now than it was a century ago but I think recent experiences with
>> severe storms and floods are sufficient to do so.
>>     When I started out the novice license was available but I
>> decided to go for the general, which at that time had all
>> privileges. Electronics was my hobby plus I had some formal
>> schooling in it, so I had no doubts about the written license. I
>> then worked on getting my code speed up. You can read 5 WPM once
>> you memorize the code but reading at 13 WPM takes some work. I
>> got my speed up to around 15 WPM, maybe a little more, and went
>> down to the Federal Building and took the test. Had no trouble
>> with the code (which surprised me) or the written exam and after
>> what seemed like eons got my license in the mail. I think the
>> technician license was intended for those who could pass a
>> tougher theory test than the novice but not code. I am not sure
>> if that was a good idea or not, can make an argument on both
>> sides of it. Anyway, I kept active until life got in the way and
>> then picked it up again a dozen years ago. No code test any more
>> although I could have passed the 20 WPM without trouble. Theory
>> exam was not too difficult, mainly I had to study the newer
>> regulations. So, now I have an extra class but am not much on the
>> air because I need a real antenna and have reached the age where
>> crawling around on roofs is not so easy. In any  case, I am
>> rather opinionated about all sorts of stuff but one of them is
>> not making something so easy it no longer has any value.
>>     I think CB was a blunder but was great for equipment
>> manufacturers and that was the main reason it was created. Too
>> stupid or lazy to get a ham license, then CB is for you, kids.
>> Who cares about rules and the law, its uninforceable anyway. Add
>> a code test and you toss all those folks overboard.
>>     I may be a curmudgeon but I am a cheerful curmudgeon.
>>
>> On 3/19/2019 11:43 AM, n7dc at comcast.net <mailto:n7dc at comcast.net> wrote:
>> > We were asked to vote on the issue, and the ARRL then supported
>> > the non code licenses.  Funny thing though, later on I saw that
>> > the vote was very "NO!"   But it was done anyway.
>> >
>> > They keep talking about a new license to make it even easier.  My
>> > vote too, is to return the Novice exams, including CW.
>> > Thousands of us came on that way.  I've been involved with kids,
>> > and adults, earning their entire license, including learning the
>> > code at 5 plus wpm, within ONE week.  Another time, One boy, on a
>> > one-on-one basis, learned and PASSED the 5 wpm code in 30
>> > minutes.  Take at look online,  search for Ham radio at the BSA
>> > National Jamboree 1985.   I think the article said something like
>> > 5 Scouts, but it was 12.
>> >
>> > Danny Douglas
>>
>> -- 
>> Richard Knoppow
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>> WB6KBL
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