That reminds me of something I read a while back that I thought was interesting. It explained how the Technician class license was originally intended for radio and electronic experimenters. A "problem" arose in that some Techs were communicating with each other on the air for conversations sake. Some in the Ham community thought that should be illegal. I guess the communicators won. :)
I guess it was like Geoff was saying even back then. More members - more $$$. Kent/KX5KW On Monday 23 July 2007 02:09:38 pm Jim Wilhite wrote: > You are right Brett. It seems as if the test is now geared > to operating rather than understanding the basics of > electronics. Not much more than recognizing a symbol on a > diagram. > > Jim/W5JO ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
