XPost: uk.radio.amateur, rec.radio.amateur.policy   
   From: headstone255.but.not.these.five.words@yahoo.com   
      
   On 01/05/2017 17:04, Brian Morrison wrote:   
   > On Mon, 1 May 2017 11:59:07 +0100   
   > Gareth's Downstairs Computer   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Amateur radio has largely degenerated to a pushbutton world   
   >   
   > Key word in that sentence is largely, while there are still those that   
   > do not follow this method any or all of the time then amateur licences   
   > have a place in self-training.   
   >   
      
   Yes, but the inherent technical enthusiasm in such people perhaps   
   would render an examination to be unnecesary in their case?   
      
   I refer especially to the chap across the road; a degree   
   qualified  electronics   
   design engineer who put together one of the Australian kits and   
   has no further need to progress beyond the foundation level.   
      
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