Jim--
So we should make 20wpm CW a requirement to get a pilot's license? Get real.
Andy K5VM
Jim AH6OY wrote:
> I'd say shooting an NDB approach for my commercial pre check ride was a
> simple task. You have to remember how to stay in touch and remember the
> proceedures even if hit with realistic distractions. Next time on an NDB at
> the initial approach fix right when the needle gets antsy cover everything
> except the altitude and compass. Remember your compass is going to swing the
> opposite direction during a bank during a certian condition, Also the leads
> for turning out are another thing to remember, Plus the timing is another.
> Nothing is hard if you practice or have a skill. You don't really need to
> shoot NDB approach's. Just ask the guys who weren't hot at it in the bosnia
> region shooting one on freq 318 in the Air Force Staff jet with a load of
> American business heads. Verifting is your major first step for any
> instrument approach and all of those nav aid idents are in morse code. You
> don't need your code brah as a local here in hawaii would tell you. Just
> plow some mountain and aloha on out of here. Sarcastic...... I know. God
> rest there souls.
> Life is going to suck when non code guys would be hard up for contacts
> and jamming the bands during low periods of the sunspot cycle with bad and
> slow code. Good luck no matter what your attitude. Don't miss a beat of
> anything and have fun and always stay ahead of your aircraft and fun.
> 73 Jim AH6OY
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Larry L. Ravlin <sheepdip@continet.com>
> To: Andy Wallace <andywallace@home.com>; <K3BU@aol.com>
> Cc: <AMPS@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 6:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [AMPS] ARRL and QST
>
> >
> >Andy,
> >I also am a pilot and getting my lic. was not a privilege I had to test
> >pretty hard for it and I didn't get to say "hey, those DME approaches are
> >archaic and should be dropped from the inst. requirements, you guys are
> >being too rough on pilots I can't learn this" Suck it up, learn cw and
> >everyone will be happy they did in the long run.
> >
> >Larry
> >
> >----------
> >> From: Andy Wallace <andywallace@home.com>
> >> To: K3BU@aol.com
> >> Cc: AMPS@contesting.com
> >> Subject: Re: [AMPS] ARRL and QST
To: <amps@contesting.com>
> >> Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 7:12 AM
> >>
> >>
> >> I'm a pilot and I didn't have to learn to handcrank a biplane to get my
> >license. I
> >> also didn't build my airplane--I'm a proud appliance operator like most
> >pilots. I
> >> don't repair the plane either. What possible relevance does a CW
> >requirement have
> >> to "damage and interference to others" ?? One more strawman.
> >>
> >> Andy K5VM
> >>
> >> K3BU@aol.com wrote:
> >>
> >> > Fits more in the category of piloting the airplane, driving the car or
> >train.
> >> > The point is that there is some knowledge required in order not to
> >cause
> >> > damage and interference to others.
> >> >
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