03-06-18 11:26 Daryl Stout wrote to ED VANCE about ARRL Requests Expanded HF
Howdy! Daryl,

 DS> @MSGID: <5A9F0BFC.1778.amtradio@capitolcityonline.net>
 EV>Howdy! Daryl,

 DS> Hi, Ed...

 EV>Shouldn't Technicians automatically become owners of a General License
 EV>since the 13 WPM CW Element isn't a requirement anymore.

 DS>   They can be, if they prove they held an amateur radio license prior
 DS> to March 21, 1987. If they have that, and the license was Technician,
 DS> they just go to a VE Test Session, fill out the paperwork, pay the fee,
 DS> and they get a CSCE for a General Class license WITHOUT having to take
 DS> an exam. That's the ONLY license class with that.

 EV>Now that the Novice Class License is no longer the entry level why doesn't
 EV>the F.C.C. drop the Technician Class License and just offer Operating
 EV>Privileges for only the General and Amateur Extra Class Licenses?

 DS>   A large chunk of hams...Novice, Techician, and Advanced Class
 DS> licensees, would then be left out in the cold. The Technician Class

Licensed Hams in those three Classes can still Renew their License when the
time comes.
I just did that in August 2017 for my Advanced Ticket.
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 DS>   Never mind the fact that the gear manufacturers would have far fewer
 DS> customers, and organizations (ARRL and otherwise) would have far fewer
 DS> members. The hobby is dying, as so many are...because we can't seem to
 DS> "stop the bleeding" of those who are letting their licenses lapse, or
 DS> who are becoming Silent Keys.

Those who fit in that last catagory can't prevent the reason that keeps
them from Renewing their License.
-snip-

 DS>   There's something in the hobby for every license class. While I tried
 DS> CW, the nervous system damage from 2 lightning strikes over the years
 DS> makes it impossible to transcribe what I'm hearing to letters. I never
 DS> cared for contesting...and do all my QSLing now via eQSL. For their
 DS> 20th anniversary, I purchased a Platinum Lifetime Membership.

You don't have to listen to CW anymore, use the computer on the CW Bands.
Make QSOs with a perfect fist.

I own a Bug but a J-38 Key fits my hand too, never tried computer CW myself
but seen other Hams use their PC for more than keeping the Log.

 EV>... Johnson & Johnson Tagline: ###############

 DS>   That's just a Band-Aid for a tagline that was cut and pasted into the
 DS> QWK reader. <G>

It appears that OLX couldn't show that ASCII Graphic Characters my First Aid
Tagline used.

The BandAid graphic is 5 $DB's (219), 5 $B0's (176) and 5 $DB's (219).

###############

I just used Alt Key 219 five times, Alt Key 176 five times and Alt Key 219
five times to make the image of a BandAid.

Could You see the ASCII Graphic in OLX, but was not able to get it into
Your Reply to Me?
Or is 15 Pound Signs all that You saw in my Tagline and see in this message?

73 de Ed W9ODR   .    .

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