Marshall AA0XI wrote:
> The March issue of "73" has a long and vitriolic article framed as a
> critique of the ARRL survey. It's interesting reading, and I hope a
> number of you will write to "73" after reading the article. The article
> is by Alex Haynes, AC5HU, and begins on page 35.
>
> There have been a lot of very good articles in "73" lately, and, Wayne
> Green's politics notwithstanding, it is a major disappointment to see
> the headline "ARRL Code Survey Exposed" on the cover.
>
> Alex claims that the survey was "cooked," and to presents a number of
> arguments in a logical fashion, going into great detail about the
> wording of the survey questions. Unfortunately, he accepts as fact an
> awful lot of distortions and misrepresentations which should not go
> unanswered. I can't find him on my QRZ database, so presume he's one of
> the recent crop of "no code Extras" who somehow earned our highest
> qualification without any skill or experience.
With all respect Marshall, I'm very disappointed at the immediate
tendency to start attacking the credentials of Alex Haynes. A look
at the FCC database indicates his current callsign was issued 5/9/96,
and his previous call is WB3HXY. His birthdate is in 1935. I believe
it would be safe to assume Alex has been a licensed amateur for at least
a few years, perhaps longer than yourself.
If you disagree with him, that's fine. If you think you can invalidate
his arguments by discrediting him, that's not very productive and really
doesn't have any part of this discussion IMHO.
take care!
Dana
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