[Elecraft] My "Attitude"

[Sandy]

You're right Ron.  Most of us are "appliance operators" now.  I still like 
playiung with my small homebrew rigs and the TCS.

Only regret is I wished they'd kept at LEAST the 5 WPM requirement for 
Amateur Extra.  I got mine back in the early 60's when you had to do the 20 
WPM test at the FCC's office.  Actually, I took three codes tests that day: 
16 WPM groups, 20 WPM plain text for 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, and 20 wpm 
for Amateur Extra.  This was followed by the elements for 2nd Class Ship 
Telegraph.  Was a long day!

73,

Sandy W5TVW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <ron at cobi.biz>
To: "'Elecraft Discussion List'" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] My "Attitude"


> Dave, NM4M wrote:
>
> QST, you will find that each generation of hams states how much easier
> the ones that came behind have it.  Its human nature.
>
> -------------------------
>
> What a Ham needs to know to put a rig on the air today requires only a 
> tiny
> part of the technical knowledge that past generations needed to know.
>
> Installing and repairing equipment also has grown more complex, just as 
> all
> the various modes and procedures has made operating it more complex. Some
> people do it all. Others specialize. Most Hams do a little of both.
>
> Even commercial licenses reflect this. Today a shipboard Communications
> Officer may be licensed to operate the critical communications equipment,
> but he/she is not allowed to repair or tinker with it in any way. In the
> past, of course, "Sparky" was expected to do it all.
>
> If a modern Communications Officer wants to do repairs, he/she needs two
> difference licenses from the FCC. Many ships find it more practical to
> simply carry spares and let defective equipment be handled by specialists 
> in
> port.
>
>
> Ron AC7AC
>
>
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