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by KD0BIE on January 3, 2009
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Great story. Good to see young ones wanting to get involved. I can feel his pain trying to sign off.
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by W3DCB on January 3, 2009
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I am thrilled for this young man and I hope that he goes on to further his learning. We should welcome young hams into our ranks where ever we can. However, for the rest of what I will say, I am sure that I will be lambasted big time. There is a reason why CEPT countries will only grant reciprocal licensing privileges to Advanced and Extra Class license holders. We have dumbed down our exams to the extent that just about anyone can pass the exam with a bit of memorization. Even when I was first licensed, the change over to multiple choice questions constituted a bit of dumbing down, but it was necessary for more efficient testing and standardization as well as the removal of bias, etc. I know that we need to increase our ranks, but have we gone too far?
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Daniel Baral
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by KE5VUI on January 4, 2009
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Never unestimate the power of a kids mind. While I didnt get my ticket till i was 42 this past summer due to the fact I was not raised in a radio enviorment I was very proficent with a rod and reel at age 7 and able to fully commant my dads 18ft boat with a 100hp motor at age 12 through the Louisiana marshes. Having done both now im not sure which task was harder - getting my general ticket or not getting lost since my young years in the marsh were often on a boat with no eletronics of any kind or even a compass. These young people getting there ticket at a young age makes me look at what i accomplished at that age. My hat is off to KJ4EDF and i look foward to a contact in the future.
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by OLDEPHARTE on January 6, 2009
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WB2MJB posted the following on January 3, 2009:
"I am thrilled for this young man and I hope that he goes on to further his learning. We should welcome young hams into our ranks where ever we can. However, for the rest of what I will say, I am sure that I will be lambasted big time. There is a reason why CEPT countries will only grant reciprocal licensing privileges to Advanced and Extra Class license holders. We have dumbed down our exams to the extent that just about anyone can pass the exam with a bit of memorization. Even when I was first licensed, the change over to multiple choice questions constituted a bit of dumbing down, but it was necessary for more efficient testing and standardization as well as the removal of bias, etc. I know that we need to increase our ranks, but have we gone too far?
73s
Daniel Baral"
Daniel, you're a man after my own heart. You should be commended for your post. You speak the truth. The only ones who would be outraged by your comments are those who benefitted by the watered-down requirements (those too lazy to learn code and theory) and those who benefit financially from the new crop of pseudo-hams produced by the watered-down requirements (the radio manufacturers, the ARRL and W5YI who sell license study giudes). Ham radio is now open to the masses; anyone who wants to jabber-jaw on their plug-and-play radio who has no knowledge of how and why their radio works, no knowledge of CW, and is adept at memorizing questions and answers with no clue of what it all means. Daniel, you are a real ham.
73,
OLDEPHARTE
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