Hi All, You know, whenever non-Ham friends ask me how it is that I'm able to understand other Hams in places as far-flung as Mongolia & Serbia, I tell them the truth: it's really quite simple, because we all speak the universal language of ENGLISH.
It's no different, I tell them, than the world of commercial aviation: ENGLISH is the universal language used on ALL international communications between pilots & air traffic controllers...not Spanish, not French, not Cantonese, but ENGLISH. Yet, here in Canada, which is --- for better or worse --- officially a bi-lingual country (English & French), one can now see street signs and billboards in certain sections of the provincial capital city of Toronto that are written wholly in CHINESE. There is even a 100% Chinese AM radio station on the BC band... So guys, just go ahead & open the door a crack, and see how many more feet will force themselves in between it & the door frame... It's all merely an extension of that pervasive, incidious & non-sensical "...political correctness", I'm afraid... ~73~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ ************************ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Markavage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 10:54 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] FW: Latest ARRL Big Push..! Spanish Tests..!! > You don't have to go far here in the U. S. to see impact. In many urban > areas, street signs are in Spanish and English; many department and > retail stores now have Spanish/English signs throughout their stores. In > some areas, schools, even at the elementary level, have dedicated Spanish > and English, "learn-the-language" type classes. Over the last several > years, Kenwood has printed Spanish and English versions of their > operating manuals. > > The Puerto Rico Amateur Radio League has been using Spanish language > question pools, which they developed, for the last several years with > great success. > > The world is getting smaller every day. > > Pete, wa2cwa > > On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:29:51 -0500 WE0H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Whew...squeaked by another crazy proposal... The FCC would have to > > write > > the rules in Spanish if they tested in that language. I myself am a > > > > proponent of 'if you live here, learn the language'. I wouldn't > > expect > > some foreign country to cater to English if I moved there. > > > > Mike > > WE0H > > > > Mike Sawyer wrote: > > > Pete said: > > > > > > Old, old, news! > > > See the FCC's response to the request by the Puerto Rico Amateur > > Radio > > > League: > > > http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-814A1.pdf > > > > > > > > > And ARRL Letter, dated March 2, 2007, half way down the page: > > > FCC Says No to Petition Calling for Exams in Languages other than > > > English: > > > http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/07/0302/ > > > > > > It wasn't even an ARRL Push, but it's still "good" fodder for > > some. > > > > > > Pete, wa2cwa > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > > Thanks Pete, > > > You know I'm no cheerleader for the (be)League(d) but I > > thought that > > > email by W0LPQ was a misunderstanding by what the FCC said. I > > remember > > > reading it in March which is bizarre since I don't frequent the > > ARRgghhL's > > > website nor the FCC's website all that often. Like you said, good > > fodder. > > > Mod-U-Lator, > > > Mike(y) > > > W3SLK > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
