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- Date: Fri, 19 Aug 94 04:30:13 PDT
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- Subject: Ham-Policy Digest V94 #381
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- Ham-Policy Digest Fri, 19 Aug 94 Volume 94 : Issue 381
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- Today's Topics:
- Code Must GO! or stay!?
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- Date: Thu, 18 Aug 1994 14:30:08
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!sundog.tiac.net!news.sprintlink.net!indirect.com!s146.phxslip.indirect.com!lenwink@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Code Must GO! or stay!?
- To: ham-policy@ucsd.edu
-
- >Do you pay union scale for air time? What is the format of the discussion?
- NOBODY gets paid to do the show, Clay, NOT even me! The show is to
- advance the hobby/service of amateur radio, as far as I'm concerned.
- I have received many replies PRO-CODE, but I haven't even received
- one reply from a person willing to be on the show against the CODE.
- How verrrry interesting!
- 73, Len,
- KB7LPW
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- Date: 18 Aug 1994 21:16:28 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.tamu.edu!furuta@network.ucsd.edu
- To: ham-policy@ucsd.edu
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- References <lenwink.173.0007B12B@indirect.com>, <1994Aug15.183558.1@aspen.uml.edu>, <lenwink.180.00086E40@indirect.com>ruta
- Subject : Re: Slow Code Idea by Wayne Green
-
- In article <lenwink.180.00086E40@indirect.com>,
- Len Winkler <lenwink@indirect.com> wrote:
- >And another problem that will rear it's ugly head all too soon....The 10
- >year license renewals are here now and it is expected by many that the
- >number of licensed hams will shrink from more than 635,000 to around
- >400,000 or less! That's a full 1/3 loss. If that occurs, you'll find MANY
- >cutbacks and MORE from current manufacturers, price increases, and
- >since we have even fewer names on the rolls, possibly more loss of
- >spectrum.
-
- I don't understand why a loss of numbers on paper will affect the
- manufacturers' business plans. People on the rolls but not active already
- aren't buying equipment. They have no effect on the market.
-
- > Plus, over 55% of the licensed hams would be no-code techs!
- >How's that for something to think about?
-
- Is this true, or would it be more accurate to say "over 55% of the licensed
- hams entered the hobby as no-code techs"? My understanding was that there is a
- healthy upgrade rate with the new technicians.
-
- --Rick
- KE3IV
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