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The simple fact is Romney has every reason to be wary of amateur radio.

WHY?

It is no longer the corp of motivated technically competent individuals that filled the ranks in years past. Over the last 30 years the amateur license has become a farce. Instead of demonstrating proficiency in the radio craft the license applicant simply simply pays $15.00 for a Q&A manual, takes the exam from a —”Volunteer Examiner”— (wink-wink) and walks out with a federal permit to operate with over a 1000 watts of power after simply regurgitating the multiple choice answers. Lots of technical competence there, let alone the ability to operate under adverse conditions.

Thanks for the feedback. I work in EMS and am obviously not up to speed on amateur radio. Romney is not alone;-)

It is no longer the corp of motivated technically competent individuals that filled the ranks in years past. Over the last 30 years the amateur license has become a farce. Instead of demonstrating proficiency in the radio craft the license applicant simply simply pays $15.00 for a Q&A manual, takes the exam from a —”Volunteer Examiner”— (wink-wink) and walks out with a federal permit to operate with over a 1000 watts of power after simply regurgitating the multiple choice answers. Lots of technical competence there, let alone the ability to operate under adverse conditions.

First off "Volunteer examiners" (wink wink) go through training courses, and I've been to several sessions sponsoring people who are testing. Your remarks are asinine and childish, and blatantly untrue, and your implication that somehow this is "below the table testing" is an outright lie.

As an electronics engineer myself, and a proponent of testing, I can tell you you're also incorrect on the testing itself. Yes, it is multiple "guess", but there are still technical calculations that are required for the higher tests (General and Extra). There is no farce about testing as you're implying. The math, and material is real. While you certainly can sit and memorize several hundred questions (and the 15 dollar books you mentioned don't always have the newest questions I might add) the ability for most people to do so is beyond a normal person. You MUST know the math, the calculations and the material and understand it.

You are an ass, and you're nothing more than a troll. I hold an Amateur Extra Class license, and quite simply, I doubt that you do, or could because you're an idiot who makes ASSumptions.

Mitt Romney on the other hand flip flops on several issues, and he is simply untrustworthy.

"It is no longer the corp of motivated technically competent individuals that filled the ranks in years past."

Loads of Barbara Streisand!

Are you talking about the non-code Tech license? - That is a very limited license, and 1000 watts is chump change in most frequencies, except 0n the wee hours of the morning.

It is no longer the corp of motivated technically competent individuals that filled the ranks in years past. Over the last 30 years the amateur license has become a farce

Only an expressed opinion; not necessarily representative of actual fact.

My conjecture is: You're only hearing the 'lids' that seem to inhabit 80 Meters ...