From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!kk9w
Newsgroups: net.ham-radio
Title: Re: Re No Code License
Article-I.D.: pur-ee.692
Posted: Wed Nov 24 00:16:15 1982
Received: Thu Nov 25 06:31:59 1982
References: sri-unix.4302



A few of my thoughts on the no code license:

  1.  It probably does deter people who are not serious about the
      hobby, even if they are interested in electronics, or digital
      or cs or whatever.

  2.  It's a well known fact that the only people who get anything useful
      done are ones who are serious about accomplishing the task they set
      out to do.

  3.  People who are on the outside of our hobby looking in promise
      great things if the code restrictions were lifted, such as lots
      of experimentation on packet systems, sattellite communications,
      etc.

  4.  The code (at 5wpm) is not tough at all if a person is serious and
      puts a few hours a week for 3-4 weeks.  This is all that is currently
      required to obtain the privileges that these people so desire.

  5.  If alleged experimenters won't put forth that small amount of
     effort, what makes anyone think that they would do anything useful
     if given the privileges they want.

  6.  My own personal opinion is that we would just open the doors to
      a bunch of poor operators who would contribute a negligible
      amount of research to the hobby.  If they havent't got the gumption
      to learn the code at 5wpm, then they don't have the drive to do
      any experimenting either.


          thanks for letting me get that off my chest.  Now watch out
          as maybe the folkIve aimed this at will prove me wrong.

   --... ...--  -.. . dave andersen pur-ee!kk9w