[QCWA] Year requirment

[Jeffrey Angus]

"John Paul Keon" <jpkeon at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> I can only say that if these no-code, pencil neck, Geeks who get a license 
by simply
> filling out a form and then taking the test three or four times and getting 
the right
> amount of guesses

> Ham now for 40 years. And only 61 years old.

And a total embarrasemnt to the fraternity.

What is it with you people. How long have you been like this? Were you 
perfect when 
you born? Did somebody take a dump in your oatmeal this morning? Did you know
everything about amateur radio as soon as your license arrived in the mail? 
Were
you sending a perfect 30 WPM code and receiving 45 WPM from the very 
beginning?

Your attitude is appalling. Quit yer bitching and finding fault and do 
something to make
the "new guys" better at their craft if that's what pisses you off so much.

To the others, I'm sorry, but THIS is what's wrong with amateur radio these 
days. It's
not the new guys. It's the old guys that refuse to help them become what they 
can be.

Oh, and just so you don't think I wasn't paying attention, would somebody 
care to explain
the "Morse code makes you a better person" thing to me again? Why was it when 
there
was still a minimum 13 WPM requirement for a license with HF privileges that 
the top end
of both 40 and 80 meters was such a cesspool? Those characters certainlly 
weren't ALL
CB'ers, no-code techs and bootleggers. 

Jeff-1.0
wa6fwi

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