Message-Id: <20050718022107.XDUR26108.ibm70aec.bellsouth.net@[68.212.110.153]>

David wrote,
   >Operating a station wasn't as hard as you might think.  A 100khz
   >callibrator together with knowing the number of khz per rotation of
   >the tuning knob were good enough to get within a khz or so.  The
   >biggest challenge was tuning up the transmitter.
Quite true.  I remember just yesterday having to explain on this list
how a crystal calibrator works.
   >This is not to say that every no code licensee is a poor
   >operator, because I know that isn't the case.  I do believe the
   >average competency dropped significantly though.
I believe you're right, and I blame the wide availability ot  question
pools and the rote memorization of answers has contributed.  Qsl on
that ten four good buddy <g>.



Richard Webb

Electric Spider Productions
                                            "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
--- Benjamin Franklin, NOvember 1755 from the
Historical review of Pennsylvania