EV>Howdy! Daryl,

Hi, Ed...

EV>Licensed Hams in those three Classes can still Renew their License when the
EV>time comes.
EV>I just did that in August 2017 for my Advanced Ticket.

  If they did that though, it might discourage folks from putting forth
the effort to upgrading. Admittedly, I had planned to be a Technician
Class ham originally. But, when there was a shortage of Volunteer
Examiners at a local hamfest several years ago, I decided to go ahead
and upgrade, to become a Volunteer Examiner.

  As I noted in an earlier message, I am exercising the Extra Class
privileges ONLY when I conduct, or help with, a license exam session.
Otherwise, I'm EXCLUSIVELY in the Technician Class bands, as I enjoy
them. I know one local ham, who is a General Class licensee...but he has
absolutely no interest in HF. He works with emergency communications and
runs local nets...where most of the checkins are Technician Class hams.

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

  I am amazed at the number of hams who have no clue as to when their
license expires. Years ago, when there was still 3 CW exams, and 5
classes of licenses...one ham realized 2 days after his license had
lapsed (over 2 years since expiration). He called the VEC, trying to get
it reinstated, but was told..."Sorry...you have to take all the exams
again". From what I understand, passing the 20 wpm CW exam was good
enough to prove you could copy 5 and 13 wpm CW.

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

  My hands shake too much with the nervous system damage to use a keyer.
I would do better typing on the keyboard (like with CQ100), and let the
program take care of converting it, both ways.

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

  I usually have the log until the new is done, except for QCWA D-Star
Net. That one is kept for only the current month...then once the net
manager has it, I zap it.

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

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

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

  It's doing it for me. You hold the ALT-key while entering the number.

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

  Is this what you're looking for??

  █████░░░░░█████

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

  All I saw was 15 pound signs (that was rather heavy (hi hi)).

Daryl

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