XPost: uk.radio.amateur   
   From: roger@hayter.org   
      
   Alan  wrote:   
      
   > Gareth's Downstairs Computer   
   >  wrote:   
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   >   
   > > By their providing of a single-stage exam for other countries, the   
   > > RSCB would seem to be guilty of a racial hate crime against the Brits   
   > > by forcing those Brits to jump through three hoopes; three hoops   
   > > that increase their cash income.   
   >   
   >   
   > The decision to switch to a 3-tier system was fully explained at the time.   
   > It was the RA who decided on the switch, and there were various CEPT / WRC   
   > changes at the time affecting amateur radio worldwide.   
   >   
   > Yes, standards are now more strict in the UK than under RAE, and in other   
   > countries today, but your suggestion of the motives is a bit of a stretch.   
      
   No they're not!   That is clearly an attempt at a big lie to shame the   
   truth along the lines of the great propagandists of our century.[1]   
   The academic standards of the FL are much lower, and the practical at FL   
   and above is perhaps valuable for those with no other practical   
   experience - but hardly demanding to anyone who has ever made up an   
   electronic kit or repaired an iPhone.   
      
      
      
      
   >   
   > I assume you're aware of little income (after expenses), the RSGB makes   
   > from exams, and that the switch from C&G to RCF/RSGB was not the RSGB's   
   > decision?   
   >   
   > BR de Al   
      
   [1]  Neatly avoids Godwin.   
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   Roger Hayter   
      
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