[Lowfer] New Ham Licensing

Wed, 21 Jan 2004 22:09:12 -0600

Go for the Extra class Eric. Nah, you just hang out long enough and this
group will know who you are and what you know and that is good enough. Go on
HF and you will find a few good operators and nice people and some assholes
that you hate. Nothing new. You're doing just fine. Nothing you can do about
the tests. Keep building and having fun on LF with the rest of us. There are
a few on here who don't even have an Amateur license. It doesn't matter on
this group. We don't bite often. LOL!!!

Mike>WE0H

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Eric KD5UWL
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 7:42 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] New Ham Licensing

Hi,

I don't know how many times I've heard now in these various threads on
this topic complaints that boil down to:

People like me who were not fortunate enough to be born long ago are not
and never will be as good as those who took harder tests.

What am I supposed to do?  I can only work for and take the tests that are
given *now*.  I CAN draw a basic radio circuit.  I can build a basic radio
circuit without a schematic.

But it's not only your comments, Dex -- these came from many.  And don't
misunderstand me -- I have the utmost respect for you and the other
members of this reflector.

But what can I do?  My parents aren't even as old as most of you, and one
of them is already dead.

Sounds like no matter what I do I'll never measure up.

How can I fix this?

Thanks,
Eric - upgrading to general class (which you all think sucks) Feb 7.

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