[TenTec] Re: [Icom] HAM License Restructuring on 4/15/2000

[JEFF S JOHNSON]

Must be mostly on the Icom refelector. With all due respect, I don't know
what your talking about  Caity ?
Who's "Bitching and moaning" are you referring to?  Besides isn't it
justified amature radio has just taken it's largest step BACK in over 100
years!  You can be *Tolerant* if you want but don't expect everyone to
be.

"What God hath wrought"

73  happy new year to all and raspberries to the ARRL   Jeff  aa8ve


On Fri, 31 Dec 1999 09:57:11 -0500 "Caitlyn Martin"
<caitlyn@netferrets.net> writes:
> 
> Hi, everyone,
> 
> My apologies for the cross posting.  What I see on the Icom 
> reflector, or in
> my inbox from some of the Ten Tec reflector people, is essentially 
> the same,
> so I think one response will do it.
> 
> I see the old CW arguments being rehashed, a lot of arguing, a lot 
> of
> disagreement and gnashing of teeth, and a lot of old fashioned 
> (pardon my
> language) bitching and moaning.  What good does it do?  What purpose 
> does it
> serve?  How does it advance the radio art, to use the FCC's 
> terminology?  As
> both moderators have said quite eloquently, it also does not belong 
> on the
> reflectors.
> 
> The facts are the facts, and we cannot turn back the clock.  The FCC
> followed the lead of many other administrations by going to a 
> minimal code
> requirement.  What they did not do is refarm the bands.  The CW 
> portions are
> intact, and the Novice (let's now call it beginner code) portions 
> are
> intact.  Here is my challenge to the CW advocates out there:
> 
> Instead of complaining, do something positive.  Elmer some young 
> people into
> the hobby.  If you think CW has value, explain it to them.  If you 
> think
> it's fun, tell them that.  Perhaps some of that joy you get from the 
> code
> can be passed on to a new generation.  All that requires is effort 
> and
> enthusiasm.
> 
> This whole thing only became an issue because we (myself included) 
> have done
> a lousy job of promoting the hobby or the radio art.  Let's take 
> this as a
> challenge.  If you see it as a curse, I understand, but all of us 
> can work
> together to turn it into a blessing.  Not a bad resolution for the 
> New Year,
> is it?
> 
> 73,
> Caity
> KU4QD
> 
> 
> 
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