[TenTec] Arrl and code

[w8au at sssnet.com]

At 08:10 PM 12/16/06, george fritkin wrote:
>It is in the interest of the ARRL to have as many hams as 
>possible.  Membership is a numbers game and ADS pay the bills.  No 
>code = more hams...I rest my case.

Nice theory, but not foolproof.  The no-code license from 1992 on 
raised the number of new hams, but did not correspondingly increase 
ARRL membership.  What you achieve easily does not maintain loyalty 
or promote serious interest, generally speaking....

Perry  w8au