This is the truth Bill. I have one friend here who I coaxed into taking the
5 WPM code test and get his general. He was really excited when he started
talking on HF and last week he passed his Extra. But he was a rare
exception.
I quit the VE program because nobody was interested in getting a code
license. All they wanted was the SOTC station and that was good enough. No
matter how much we talked it up--not much interest in code.
I thought of a good idea. Why not give an entry class license, say for 1
year. After that year you either upgrade or get off the air. Oh yeah, we
used to do that and it worked fine. Guess it wouldn't work nowadays. 73
Tom W7WHY
> The sad truth is, that most of the local guys are pretty content carrying
> their ham shacks on their belts. Perhaps there will be a change in
> attitude when
> the FCC gives them HF privileges..the same ones they took away from me in
> the
> 60s with incentive licensing, the same ones I had to upgrade to 20 WPM
> for.
> Maybe it's different in other areas, but in the Tampa Bay area that's the
> way
> it is.
>
> Bill K4XS
>
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