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Date: Sun, 25 Sep 94 04:30:10 PDT
From: Ham-Policy Mailing List and Newsgroup <ham-policy@ucsd.edu>
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Subject: Ham-Policy Digest V94 #463
To: Ham-Policy
Ham-Policy Digest Sun, 25 Sep 94 Volume 94 : Issue 463
Today's Topics:
Deaf Ham & CW
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policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there.
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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 16:56:00 EST
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!wariat.org!amcomp!dan@ames.arpa
Subject: Deaf Ham & CW
To: ham-policy@ucsd.edu
Cecil_A_Moore@ccm.ch.intel.com writes:
>In article <113@washpenn.uucp>, Rob Swider <swider@washpenn.UUCP> wrote:
>>
>>Now the interesting thing is that he's deaf (hearing impaired, if you prefer).
>>After reading some of the information, he's interested in giving it a try.
>
>Hi Rob, Truly hearing impaired people can get a waiver for the CW testing
>by bringing a letter from a medical doctor stating that fact.
The waiver is only for the higher speed tests. The ITU would preclude
waiving the 5 WPM test. Part 97.505 (5) (i) explaines it. It requires an
MD or DO to certify that you unable to pass a 13 or 20 WPM test and have
a condition that will last more than 365 days.
Dan
--
"We can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of
ordinary Americans.." -- President William Jefferson Clinton
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Date: 25 Sep 1994 05:01:29 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!crcnis1.unl.edu!unlinfo.unl.edu!gbrown@network.ucsd.edu
To: ham-policy@ucsd.edu
References <1994Sep17.235636.3145@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, <360b5j$ijv@crcnis1.unl.edu>, <1994Sep24.150229.6118@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>
Subject : Re: Facts Speak volumes
Gary Coffman (gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us) wrote:
: My intent was to convey the idea that the predatory practices of
: competitive postal card collectors are more likely to be the antithesis
: of promoting international goodwill. Instead it's just another way to
: demonstrate the ugly American effect to people overseas. A better way
: of enhancing international goodwill is to leave the poor foreign ops
: *in peace* so that they can conduct ordinary conversations with people
: without the constant hounding by card collectors. Of course those
: foreign ops who *want* to play the game are a different matter. It's
: just that I know several foreign ex-amateurs who gave up the ARS
: due to the constant hounding by DXers. They couldn't get on the air
: for a simple chat without a pileup forming.
: Gary
Yes, Gary, that does happen. _Every_ facet of amateur radio suffers
from those who have bad manners and poor judgment...just as every
other human activity does. We should do what we can to combat that
kind of behavior. However, it does no good to malign all DX operators
who enjoy collecting QSLs by using over-generalizations. I am
confident that the activities you describe are by a very visible
minority, and towards those folk your comments are justified, but not
towards "DXers" and "card collectors" in general.
I think a lot more could be accomplished if we _all_ quit making
statements about those "no-coders", "pro-coders", "DXers", "Chirpers",
and yes, even "appliance operators", and go after the issues and the
real problems themselves. It isn't as easy...but it sure would be
less devisive.
Greg WB0RTK
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