[QCWA] Membership concerns...

[Tom H Childers]

Don,


I think you misunderstood my post.  I merely corrected Jeff's error
regarding the speed of the CW test.

Im made no statement regarding the stature of anyone one way or the
other.

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

On Tue, 8 Jan 2013 12:41:27 -0800, "Don Tucker" <w7wll at arrl.net>
wrote:

>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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