Yes, Aimee is off to a running start... Anything she does is that way. She has a 4.0 gpa in school and will be a senior next year. Paul Gates K1 #0231 KX1 #1186 XG1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message ----- From: "W3FPR - Don Wilhelm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Paul Gates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 4:14 PM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] RE: Sad day > Paul, > > That may have been the young lady I saw explaining to a woman about 20 > years > older than herself what a lot of the information covered in the book was > for - if she was indeed your granddaughter, I would say she is already off > to a running start technically. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Gates > > Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 2:32 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; elecraft > > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] RE: Sad day > > > > > > I have a 17 year old granddaughter who just before Dayton indicated she > > wanted to get her ham ticket. I told her about the no code > > license. She told > > me she had no desire to have that. She wanted to learn the code > > and take the > > Extra Exam. I understand you have to take the Technician exam before > > you > > can take the General, is that right? Her mother and I went to > > Dayton and got > > the granddaughter the things she needed to start learning the > > theory. I made > > her a CD of K7QO's CW CD. > > Paul Gates > > K1 #0231 > > KX1 #1186 > > XG1 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "James Kern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "'Craig Rairdin'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > > Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 12:20 PM > > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] RE: Sad day > > > > > > > Thinking about it, > > > I don't think dropping the code will make one bit of > > difference to CW. > > > I > > > agree with Craig in that the guys that just squeak by the CW test most > > > likely won't be found on the CW bands. The people who want to learn CW > > > will. > > > 99% of my HF operating is in CW. I'm not on HF that often, but when I > > > do > > > it's almost always CW. I imagine there will be (at least in the > > beginning) > > > a > > > flood of HF phone activity and then it will taper off back to > > 'normal' or > > > a > > > little higher than normal afterwards. > > > > > > James Kern > > > Network Administrator > > > Kurt S. Adler, Inc. > > > 1107 Broadway > > > New York, NY 10010 > > > 212-924-0900 x222 (work) > > > 212-807-0575 (fax) > > > 908-451-6801 (cell) > > > 800-209-7438 (pager) > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig Rairdin > > > Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 12:03 PM > > > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] RE: Sad day > > > > > > > > > I sympathize with you, and certainly welcome your contributions to the > > > hobby > > > and to your local emergency services organizations (as if my "welcome" > > > were > > > necessary or even important). > > > > > > On the other hand, there are concepts on the written test that > > seemed like > > > garbage to me no matter how much I studied. I have a computer science > > > degree > > > with lots of advanced math and engineering but some of the formulae > > > and > > > algorithms required for the Extra exam just leave me scratching my > > > head. > > > > > > So my question is, should a bunch of us be able to get together and > > > ask > > > that > > > all the technical requirements for ham licenses be dropped just > > > because > > > it's > > > hard? That's what this "no code" thing sounds like to me. To me > > dropping > > > the > > > code and only having a written test is philosophically no different > > > than > > > dropping the written test and keeping the code. > > > > > > In the end, the hobby is changing. Other countries have dropped the > > > code > > > requirement. We should follow suit. It sounds like the tests have been > > > steadily getting easier over the last 100 years. This is just the next > > > step. > > > > > > As a CW-only, HF-only ham, I think this seems more ominous and > > > wrong-headed > > > to me than it does to others. I don't think other points of view are > > > invalid, though. Just trying to make my opinions known. The guys who > > > squeak > > > by on a CW test just for the test's sake are probably never > > going to show > > > up > > > in the CW bands anyway so it may be a net zero loss for the practice > > > of > > > CW. > > > > > > I think I'll stop posting on this subject now. :-) > > > > > > Craig > > > > > > > > > ----Original Message---- > > > From: DAN ABBOTT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: 07/21/05 10:41 AM > > > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > > Subject: [Elecraft] RE: Sad day -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= I > > > have > > > been > > > reading the comments about the possibility of dropping the > > requirement for > > > CW in order to advance your license. I have great respect for those > > > who > > > have > > > passed the code test and one day I would like to be able to use > > CW, but it > > > will take a converter and keyboard to accomplish the task. Let > > me explain. > > > I > > > built my K2/100 while trying to learn the code to achieve my General > > > license > > > [ it's been three months now] with absolutely no success, my K2 is now > > > only > > > a listening device. I have used Ham University and Your Introduction > > > to > > > Morse Code from ARRL with no success. If your familiar with the > > courses, I > > > get to the letter L and when you add all the other letters to > > the sentence > > > it sounds like garbage to me. > > > I guess my question is, does it make you less of an operator > > not knowing > > > CW? > > > I have an EE degree, so there is no problem with the concepts > > and I am the > > > Resources Coordinator for ARES/RACES for my county. When the > > FCC dropped > > > the > > > requirement for CW, that opened the door for me to be come a HAM and > > > be > > > able > > > to do the Emergency work I do now. So why should it stop me > > from expanding > > > and being of even more use to the community? > > > > > > 73's > > > > > > Dan N7DWA K2/100 # 4775 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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. 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