[QCWA] Quarter Century or Not??

[Jeffrey Angus]

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From: "Richard" <wd6fdd at cox.net>
To: "Discussion of QCWA or Ham Radio" <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:39:34 -0700
Subject: Re: [QCWA] Quarter Century or Not??

> Since the early 60's the arrl has listened to the minority and made 
> proposals to the fcc on changes they would like to see. as was the case in 
> incentive licensing. If you will remember the General had full privileges 
> and the arrl listened to the advanced & extra and proposed the Incentive 
> licensing to the fcc, and they took about 50% away from the general as I 
> remember??

Why do  you suppose it was called incentive licensing? 

The United Statesw was one of the last countries to do away with the
code test as a requirement for licenesing.  Since it qas obvioius (to
most) that code requirement was not long for this world, they revamped
the question pool to increase the leve of "difficulty" to obtain a license.

As far as it being a "drive through" license, that's a red herring. There
have been study guides available as long as there have been tests to
study for. The ARRL handbook is one example. There were study
guides both before and after incentive licensing.  

And as far as the "Leave no child behind" issue,  the goal is to NOT
just lower the standards until "everyone passes." That's what the 
special olympics are for. Schools are for education. If some of the
students need  a little help, then give it to them.

Jeff-1.0
wa6fwo