[QCWA] Re: QCWA Digest, Vol 51, Issue 14

[Norm Gertz]

Jeff......what you are seeing on the reflector is being generated by our 
"new" crop of radio amateurs many of whom have never even owned or operated 
a HF radio.
There is a QCWA member I know that is actually pursuing WAS on Echolink!!!
As my Daughter used to say "times have changed Daddy".

73   Norm   K1AA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey D Angus" <jangus at socal.rr.com>
To: "Discussion of QCWA or Ham Radio" <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: [QCWA] Re: QCWA Digest, Vol 51, Issue 14


> skipamis at juno.com wrote:
>> Are we going to water down the entry requirements to QCWA to the
>> point that a brand new “extra light ham,” who cannot put batteries
>> in a flash light, but has a Visa Gold Card, is eligible for
>> membership?
>> Sorry Gang, QCWA means 25 years – and no less!  I truly believe we
>> should create, implement, and allow for an “Associate Membership”
>> for all of the family members and those Hams as a future resource.
>
> Can somebody PLEASE explain this to me?
>
> 1. "I don't want any NEW hams because they're not REAL hams."
> 2. "I think we should have associate members who haven't been licensed 25 
> years."
>
> And a related comparison, from someone else:
>
> 1. "The new hams didn't have to work for their license."
> 2. "Lets drop the 25 years to 5 years for people too old to live another 
> 25 years."
>
> Jeff-1.0
> wa6fwi
>
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