Hi Buddy Way back in the mid 60's people had to write paragraph style answers.. There were no answer banks.. I have even heard now, in my country of canada, that you can pass the exam after a weekend course.... My question.. how can someone learn about electronics and ham radio in one weekend?.... Larry ve3fxq
----- Original Message ----- From: "F.R. Ashley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 12:19 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] US Hams Codeless Feb 23 >I have always felt the "CW issue" was not really about CW. Guess that > sounds a bit odd. It seems to me most see it as a reduction of > standards, > "dumbing down" so to speak. I think CW did act as a filter of some > sort > because it did indeed keep some people from getting their license, > whether > or not they would have been "good hams". But love it or hate it, the > requirement is gone, so deal with it however you can. Personally, I > have > always been in favor of keeping the requirement, along with tests that > require you to learn something. However I won't throw up my hands in > despair, at least not yet. None of us knows what the future of ham > radio > is or how this CW issue will pan out. Let's just hope for the best, > encourage new people, and elmer them to be good hams. Have fun. > > Buddy WB4M > >
