I can tell a lot of hams have never played golf.
You know why they call it "golf", right?
(Because all the other four-letter words were already taken).
One round cost more than a ten year license.
And that's at an inexpensive course!
$35 for a ten-year license works out to less than a penny a day. About what it costs to keep an HT charged.
Hams ought to be ashamed of themselves for such petty grievances.
But it works!
Originally the fee was going to be $50. Hams complained (via ARRL and directly) and now the fee is $35. That's a 30% discount.
Like two old bald men arguing over a comb.
Pretty much.
Heck, in MY day, back when I got MY Extra in 1970, at the age of 16, after waiting two looong years as an Advanced, the fee was $9 - for a five year license. Adjusted for inflation per the Westegg Inflation Calculator, that's about $60 - $12 a year in today's money.
Did we complain back then? YOU BET WE DID!
73 de Jim, N2EY
We wore an ONION on our BELT! It was the STYLE! And we LIKED it!