[Fists] eHam survey re: ARRL proposal

[James Kimball]

"WITHOUT CW IT'S JUST CB"
--- ATanner283@aol.com wrote:
> Why would e-ham do an ARRL members only poll?? I
> suppose the poll reflects 
> the same responses as the FCC ticket proposals a few
> years back, when the speed 
> was dropped to 5 WPM. No one opposed those changes
> much either, and apparently 
> the no-code folks want it to go away worse that we
> want to do keep it. RIGHT 
> HERE ON THIS REFLECTOR, ops said that the FCC would
> NOT change the license  or 
> CW requirements, so they did not respond. I believe
> the same is being seen 
> now. Perhaps some just feel it's a useless fight,
> and since it's easier to give 
> up, they did what they did the first time. Nothing.
> 
> BTW.....Yes we sure need more nets that no one
> checks into. By all means lets 
> start up some more slow speed nets, emphasis on S   
>  L     O     W     W     
>  W. These nets usually don't live long, and NCS ops
> get bored. Then no one 
> will step up and take over when the op wants a
> break. 
> 
> Did you ever wonder why the ARRL has never published
> the results of the polls 
> that the directors were supposed to take, or why the
> directors vote was not 
> itself polled????
> 
> We are rapidly approaching a no test era. Keep your
> poo poo's to yourself, 
> because it's on the way. How many advanced, extra,
> or general holder's under the 
> age of 9 were around 15 years ago??? NOW all you
> have to do to get a ticket 
> is be barely literate, pass a Morse test so easy
> it's stupid, buy ya a spiffy 
> new rig, buy ya that new vertical and stick it in
> the ground, go buy some coax 
> with the ends soldered on, hook it all up and TYALK
> ON THE RAYDEEOOO. Soon, 
> the first part will be removed.
> I wonder if the new license forms that will be in
> the box of that new plastic 
> radio you buy will be half an inch thick, and
> written in 29 languages. We 
> MUST be equal and politically correct when we lower
> the levels for EVERYONE.
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> Al/W8FAX/2192                               EH
> 
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