One other thing Thom.... When I got my Extra in 2002 @ 72 years old, there were Extra's who were unhappy about 5WPM.... So I said, "OK guys I passed a 13 WPM test for your information. And, let's get down to brass tacks.... I will take a 20wpm test and you guys take the theory exam for Extra." They did not go for it because they indicated that the exam would be too difficult. These are the same guys that were preaching we should make the Extra Class exam tougher!!
Incidently I was at the Historical Electronic Museum in Linthicum tonight with the camera from the space craft 40 years ago. I belong to the Ham club at the museum. You should visit us sometime on 2nd Thurs. at 6PM. Paul Gates K1 #0231 KX1 #1186 XG1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thom R LaCosta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Craig Rairdin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 9:57 PM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Sad day for amateur radio > On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Craig Rairdin wrote: > > > > > OTOH I know I'm dangerously close to sounding like an Old Fart. I'm > > somewhat > > disgusted to think that there will be Extra Class licensees that don't > > know > > code but will be indistinguishable from me. (At the same time, the > > fastest > > code test I passed was 13 WPM for my General in 1974, so there are > > probably > > some 20 WPM Extras out there who can't stand to be in the room with me, > > either.) For this reason I think they should at least change the names > > of > > the three license classes to "Technician", "Good Test Taker", and > > "Memorized > > the Answer Key" to differentiate from those of us who passed when there > > was > > a code requirement. :-) > > And don't forget, "Dues Paying member of the Future Amateur Radio > Technical > Sailboaters". > > Thom > > www.baltimorehon.com/ Home of the Baltimore Lexicon > www.tlchost.net/hosting/ Web Hosting as low as 3.49/month > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
