[Elecraft] Re: Sad day...

2005-07-21 Thread Geert Jan de Groot
I'm pretty sure the list moderator has something to say about the flare of m*rse messages on this list. Myself, I built several transceivers (not kits - own design, from scratch), built several repeaters, including SHF (again, from parts, not a modified mobile), built many circuits with PIC

[Elecraft] RE: Sad day

2005-07-21 Thread DAN ABBOTT
I have been reading the comments about the possibility of dropping the requirement for CW in order to advance your license. I have great respect for those who have passed the code test and one day I would like to be able to use CW, but it will take a converter and keyboard to accomplish the

RE: [Elecraft] RE: Sad day

2005-07-21 Thread Craig Rairdin
. :-) Craig Original Message From: DAN ABBOTT [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07/21/05 10:41 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] RE: Sad day -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= I have been reading the comments about the possibility of dropping the requirement for CW in order to advance your

RE: [Elecraft] RE: Sad day

2005-07-21 Thread James Kern
Original Message From: DAN ABBOTT [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 07/21/05 10:41 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] RE: Sad day -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= I have been reading the comments about the possibility of dropping the requirement for CW in order to advance your

RE: [Elecraft] RE: Sad day

2005-07-21 Thread Thom R LaCosta
On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, Craig Rairdin wrote: So my question is, should a bunch of us be able to get together and ask that all the technical requirements for ham licenses be dropped just because it's hard? That's what this no code thing sounds like to me. To me dropping the code and only having

[Elecraft] Re: Sad day (Learning CW)

2005-07-21 Thread John Magliacane
Hi Dan. --- DAN ABBOTT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been reading the comments about the possibility of dropping the requirement for CW in order to advance your license. I have great respect for those who have passed the code test and one day I would like to be able to use CW, but it will

Re: [Elecraft] RE: Sad day

2005-07-21 Thread Paul Gates
PROTECTED] To: 'Craig Rairdin' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 12:20 PM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] RE: Sad day Thinking about it, I don't think dropping the code will make one bit of difference to CW. I agree with Craig in that the guys that just squeak

Re: [Elecraft] RE: Sad day

2005-07-21 Thread Stuart Rohre
I invite those seeking answers to why the code testing requirement was dropped to read the FCC's definition of the ham radio service given in the NPRM, as well as the detailed FCC comments to each of the petitions they considered. They clearly made a case of why test by mode, as CW is a mode;

Re: [Elecraft] RE: Sad day

2005-07-21 Thread Paul Gates
: Thursday, July 21, 2005 4:14 PM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] RE: Sad day Paul, That may have been the young lady I saw explaining to a woman about 20 years older than herself what a lot of the information covered in the book was for - if she was indeed your granddaughter, I would say she

Re: [Elecraft] RE: Sad day

2005-07-21 Thread Stephen W. Kercel
Stuart raises an interesting point. Who controls the scope and format of the licensing exams? Does the FCC require that it be a list of multiple choice questions? If you want a fair but thorough way of assuring that new licensees pay the dues, why not do it on the basis of an oral exam? Each

Re: [Elecraft] RE: Sad day

2005-07-21 Thread Paul Gates
with a written test some people freeze up and they think their mind is blank! g Paul Gates K1 #0231 KX1 #1186 XG1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Stephen W. Kercel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] RE: Sad day

Re: [Elecraft] RE: Sad day

2005-07-21 Thread Sandy, W5TVW
: [Elecraft] RE: Sad day | Thinking about it, |I don't think dropping the code will make one bit of difference to CW. I | agree with Craig in that the guys that just squeak by the CW test most | likely won't be found on the CW bands. The people who want to learn CW will. | 99% of my HF operating