XPost: uk.radio.amateur, rec.radio.amateur.policy   
   From: Aero.Spike@mail.invalid   
      
   On 28/11/2016 08:06, Jim GM4DHJ ... 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.   
      
   > is that because you are not allowed to fail at anything these days? ......   
      
   Just look at the tick-box failures[1] that appear on here!   
      
   [1] In the sense that they might have 'aced' three tick-box 'exams', but   
   their knowledge level leaves much to be desired.   
      
      
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   Spike   
      
   We are not only our brother's keeper; in countless large and small ways,   
   we are our brother's maker.   
      
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