Subj : Morse academy can use a s
To : Tom Walker
From : Roy Witt
Date : Tue Sep 12 2000 09:56 am
Hello Tom.
10 Sep 00 07:32, you wrote to Joe Delahaye:
JD>> lowering standards. It is no longer required, then the standard is
JD>> gone. You did mena that it made a great filter, to keep the riff
JD>> raff out, didnt ya?
TW> Well since they have DUMBED down the Writen test so a Trained Monkey
TW> can pass it I am NOT afraid the say "YES, CW Should be retained as a
TW> Filter"
On the contrary, the written tests have be expanded and require more
technical knowlege since the lowering of the Morse testing. Morse never
did keep the riff-raff out as much as the technical aspects of those
tests. It may have been a deterent to ward off the lazy, but anyone who
wanted to be a HAM never let a mere 5wpm stop them.
TW> We already, with the Dumbed Down test, have filled the ranks
TW> with what I call the CB mentality.
Your opinion of 'dumbed down' and 'CB mentality' vary from my opinion of
them. We have all kinds of people who are in the hobby and even though
they may have come from the ranks of CB, they're not necessarily of that
mentality. I've known people in that community who're way above a lot of
HAMs in their technical abilities.
TW> It might be different in other parts of the World but here in
TW> Southern California USA the VUH/UHF bands are a Zoo of Clowns.
You've just described the entire population of California.
... Kissed By Six Pretty Indians
--- Twit(t) Filter v2.1 (C) 2000
* Origin: Kissed By 6 Pretty Indians (1:10/22)
