Re: If CW is dead....


N2EY@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Bill Sohl wrote:
> > "an_old_friend" <konstans@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:1125495445.963871.201470@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > N2EY@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > >> RST Engineering wrote:
> > >> > Nobody ever claimed that it is a dead mode.
> > > cut
> > >
> > >> "Obsolete"? Morse Code is the second most popular mode
> > >> in HF amateur radio.
> > >
> > > When are you going ENGLISH
> > >
> > > Obsolete is not useless, ask the marines from Leyte about the
> > > uselessness of the obseltete Batteships tat rendered gunfire
> > > support
> > >
> > >> Why are there written exams with questions on electronics for
> > >> those who chose not to build their radios?
> > >
> > > Indeed I ask why there are so many question about
> > > electronics on the
> > > tech pool as I try to teach them to my partner.
> >
> > Same old tired analogy.
>
> It's a valid question, Bill. And I'm not the only
> one asking it.

no it isn't
but no you are not the only one using this red herring

>
> > PLEASE...if you want electronics taken
> > off the written test, then say so.
>
> I don't. In fact I think there should be *more* in-depth
> electronics testing on the exams. And I'll take the new
> exams myself if needed.

WHY?

why does anyone need to memorized what Inductor do? or how caps ad in
paralell?

>
> > Failing that, your wasting your
> > time and effort dragging up this tired argument.
>
> It's not me who is bringing it up.
>
> Look at NCVEC's second proposal. They wanted an entry-level
> exam with even less technical content. They were dead-serious.

Elcetronics is the only thing techinal?

>
> Even better, look at the "Amateur Radio In The 21st Century"
> paper, which was in CQ and also on the 'net. That one says
> the future of amateur radio depends on an easier-to-get
> entrylevel license. Says there's too much math and theory
> in the current Tech (!).

and there is not enough Pratical stuff
>
> Worse, it proposed to remove *all* regulations questions from
> the test for the new entry-level license, and instead just
> require a signed statement that the licensee had read and
> understood the rules.

not a bad idea given the way even the extras don't seem to agree on
what the rules say.

But an entry license without the ability to anything but shelf gear
limited power etc

>
> Is that acceptable to you, Bill? It's not acceptable to me,
> with or without code test!
>
> Fortunately, FCC denied NCVEC's idea. This time. But I'll bet we
> haven't heard the end of it.

no it isn't

we will always see the tug between getting folks in the door and the
keep em out with hard tests

>
> > > I also question the real need to memeroize band edges and
> > > even pieces
> > > of the band plan in general pool I am reading now
> >
> > I actually agree that memorizing band edges is a waste. Far
> > better to have a schart of the bands, beand edges and
> > permitted uses and then ask questions which have the
> > test taker use the chart as a resourse to answer questions.
> > Band edges are dynamic and change over time.
>
> Better yet, a chart that shows the regs *and* a chart that
> shows the current bandplan. ('Bandplan' meaning current
> recommendations, not regulations). It's done for RF exposure
> already.
>
> > > but neither of these issues is anoything but a smoke screen
> > > cut
> >
> > Yup, Jim's smoke screen anyway... :-) :-)
>
> Not a smoke screen - a valid analogy. Ask the Gang of Four at
> NCVEC...
>
> 73 de Jim, N2EY

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