[QCWA] Membership concerns...

[Don Tucker]

And there are some of us who held a First Class Radiotelephone and 
Radiotelegraph license back even earlier, but what does this prove?

You should be proud to be able to have passed the code test in '78 Tom, but 
would you demean someone who perhaps only passed the 13 (because there was 
incentive to the Extra at the time) or passed the Extra after the 20 was 
dropped?  Does it make them less a ham? I know a few new amateur radio 
operators who are probably sharper and smarter about amateur radio and wire 
communications than a great number of us.

I would hope we view the inputs to this site as well meaning unless it 
degrades and needs to be stopped. I'd hate to think this group would act 
like Congress and refuse to listen to each other or participate in 
meaningful discussion.

I remember a quote that came back in my college days - Traditionalists are 
pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.

Don W7WLL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom H Childers" <n5ge at n5ge.com>
To: <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: [QCWA] Membership concerns...


The code test for the Extra Class License was 20 WPM when I took it
and passed in 1978.

73,
Tom
Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
ARRL Lifetime Member
QCWA Lifetime Member

On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:14:50 -0600, Jeffrey D Angus <jdangus at att.net>
wrote:

[snip]
>Stop acting like Extra class licensees that didn't have to take a
>21 WPM code test are "Extra-Lite."
[snip]

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