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From: Ted.Filteau@f460.n101.z1.fidonet.org (Ted Filteau)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Code wavers
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Date: 10 Jan 91 18:05:31 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 SB> Well, they've done it much to my disappointment.
 SB> On December 13th, the FCC adopted the procedure to allow 
 SB> severely handicapped persons to get a waver from their doctor 
 SB> that exempts them from taking the 13 and or 20 word per minute 
 SB> code test. I feel we are doing the wrong thing by making it 
 SB> easier for a handicapped person to get a ham radio license.
     
As an amateur extra, I agree with you.  Although I am not active now, I
found the extra class something to work towards.  perhaps on the other
hand it wasn't right that the diagram questions had to automatically be
counted wrong, but I knew that going into the test.
K 1 N G Q

     

... Ted

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