XPost: uk.radio.amateur, rec.radio.amateur.policy   
   From: Aero.Spike@mail.invalid   
      
   On 28/11/2016 08:08, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:   
   >  wrote   
   >> Spike  wrote:   
      
   >>> It's not comparing like with like, Frank. The G3s took a searching, written   
   >>> exam plus a Morse test, whereas today the simple tick-box questions   
   >>> have the answer printed underneath - and there's no CW either.   
   >>> Yet the Full issue rate is half that of the RAE in the years before the new   
   >>> scheme came in.   
      
   >> tock, tick-tock, impending mortality.   
      
   >> If you're so worried about the M0 rate of issue, get a licence and help it   
   >> out a little. That's assuming you don't get stuck at 2E0 like Rich, of   
   >> course.   
      
   > what a load of pish you and brian talk ....so funny....   
      
   An endless source of amusement.   
      
   Reay could always help out the licence figures a little by progressing   
   from Foundation to Intermediate.   
      
      
   --   
   Spike   
      
   We are not only our brother's keeper; in countless large and small ways,   
   we are our brother's maker.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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