[OH-KY-IN] Fw: [mvarbb] Please Read & Heed! Thank you.

[Bruce Vanselow N8BV]

Forwarded from the MVARBB Reflector by N8BV....

The following is an excerpt from the January 2007 "ARRL CLUB NEWS" that,
in
my opinion, should be read, understood and promoted by every ham.
 
Let us all promote Amateur Radio and welcome 'newcomers' as Elmers and
advisors!  Support your local club's license courses, testing sessions
and
Elmering programs.  Help new hams get started on the 'right foot.'
 
/...de w8lly
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ELMER'S CORNER
 
The FCC has made a change in the way we test for Amateur Radio licenses
and
the Element 1 CW exam is going to be eliminated.  Many have voiced some
very
negative opinions about this and their derogatory comments are very
hurtful
to the new ham trying to get involved in this hobby.
 
If we expect the ranks of hams to grow then it is up to us, the
experienced
hams, to ensure that the first experience the new ham has is a positive
one
and that he or she is welcome.  We should be extending our hands in
friendship and teaching these newcomers how to operate according to the
rules and regulation and how to safely assemble an Amateur Radio station.
 
Without nurturing and guidance these new operators will splinter off and
form their own sub-culture.  Soon the expected result will occur and all
of
the hams who insisted on staying firmly anchored in the past will say "I
told you so."
 
So much has changed in communications, technology and society that it is
absurd to even be think that things should -- or could --  be the way
they
were over half a century ago.        The FCC has not made CW illegal. 
You can
operate that mode or any other mode you wish.  Expect to see more radio
operators experimenting with CW and other modes because they can do so
without fear of the expectation to be expert at it.  That is as long as
the
experienced operators show them the correct way and not chastise them for
stumbling or for not having had "come up the way that they did."  We all
came to the party through a different door, but we are all here to have
fun.
 
I hope that all experienced Amateur Radio operators will reach out and
mentor the new hams.  Pass the torch and share the excitement and thrill
that we enjoy from this wonderful hobby and let's keep it going.
 
If you have any questions about the FCC's Morse Code Report and Order in
WT
Docket 05-235 and the FCC Order on Reconsideration in WT Docket 04-140,
please visit the ARRL FAQ on this topic:
 
http://www.arrl.org/announce/regulatory/wt05-235/
 
 
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The ARRL CLUB NEWS is published on the first Wednesday of each month by
the
American Radio Relay League--The National Association For Amateur
Radio--225
Main St, Newington, CT 06111; tel 860-594-0200; fax 860-594-0259;
www.arrl.org. Joel Harrison, W5ZN, President.
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