[Johnson] FCC NPRM

[peter markavage]

WA4JQS said: "BUT requiring it has been the dividing line between  the
good buddies and amateurs."

Who in the world defined this "dividing line"?

WA4JQS said: "so now we are going  to just  give the ticket away..."

They just took away the code test requirement; it's not the end of
amateur radio testing requirements.

Pete, wa2cwa


On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 21:05:46 -0400 "Anthony W. DePrato WA4JQS"
<wa4jqs at mikrotec.com> writes:
> At 07:58 PM 7/20/2005 -0400, peter markavage wrote:
> >Going forward, if an amateur wants to use the mode of CW, for 
> whatever
> >reason, they will learn it. Having it as a requirement to get a 
> license
> >was no guarantee that the amateur would ever use it again in 
> his/her
> >amateur radio activities.
> >
> >Pete, wa2cwa
> That is correct BUT requiring it has been the dividing line between 
> the 
> good buddies and amateurs.
> also if you care to check the figures all the down grading that has 
> been 
> done in the past few years has not increased out numbers . most of 
> those 
> who have been given their ticket with the new muilt guess test and 
> dumber 
> test questions have not renewed their tickets. so now we are going 
> to just 
> give the ticket away next is get a ticket with your new kenyascom 2 
> mt ht.
> 
> all is can say is
> ZUT ZUT ZUT DE WA4JQS K