[RTTY] ARRL BOD minutes published

[Phil Sussman]

Agreed,

A bunch of Technicians running amuk on the HF bands without the least
care about who gets 'clobbered' by their transmissions is the last
thing that we need on HF.

Perhaps a mentor program is in order where an appreticeship has to be
served first. Just a wild thought!

73 de Phil - N8PS



Quoting "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists at subich.com>:

>
>> There should be one amateur license. Pass the test and you're a ham,
>> period.
>
> Only if that test includes 20 WPM CW proficiency requirement and the
> Commission cancels the licenses of all the shack on a belt and WINSTINK
> lids.
>
> I have no objection to allowing Technicians to use RTTY and PSK31 only
> in their current narrow band HF allocations but there is no way in hell
> that a Tech ticket should be another avenue for the WINSTINK crowd.
>
> 73,
>
>   ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
> On 2015-01-29 11:50 PM, Bill Turner wrote:
>> ------------ ORIGINAL MESSAGE ------------(may be snipped)
>>
>> On Thu, 29 Jan 2015 21:13:09 -0600, Peter wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Leaving aside the RM-11708 fiasco, why on earth would anyone want to
>>> *increase* Technician privileges?
>>
>> REPLY:
>>
>> Why?
>>
>> The bureaucracy loves complexity. It loves many layers of licensing
>> and different rules for the different layers. It gives them something
>> to do and justifies their existence.
>>
>> An amateur license should be have one simple purpose:  Certifying that
>> the holder knows how to operate within the law and without causing
>> undue interference.  And that's all.  Every ham should know how to do
>> that and there is no need for various levels of competence.
>>
>> There should be one amateur license. Pass the test and you're a ham,
>> period.
>>
>> Not holding my breath, however.
>>
>> Bill W6WRT
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