I agree with Dave on this one. I strongly dislike using the whole "no code" extra class card as a determining factor for an operator's skills.
Cheers & 73, Tucker W4FS (A "no code extra" that knows code)
On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 2:59 PM, Dave Webb KB1PVH kb1pvh@gmail.com wrote:
John,
I don't buy into the whole code vs. no code thing being a benchmark for great operators because I've heard plenty of the "coders" operate pretty poorly. Just check out AO-7 someday and watch it flip modes because the superior "coders" blast it into Oblivion with QRO CW.
Dave-KB1PVH
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On Apr 18, 2017 2:44 PM, "John Becker" w0jab@big-river.net wrote:
On 4/18/2017 1:32 PM, Dave Webb KB1PVH wrote:
Good ol' N3FCX. I caught the same type of rapid fire beacons from him
back
in January, I think it was. I emailed him with a copy of my RX log and asked if he was having issues with his station and his response was basically thanks for the email maybe I'll catch you on sometime. I guess he hasn't changed anything.
And an EXTRA class to boot. you would think he would be trashing the
extra class band a bit also. Just got to love them "NO CODERS"
John
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