[calex59]

I wasn’t being sarcastic, it is customary to put a Sar tag on the end of a sentence or comment when you mean sarcasm because it is not possible to tell speech inflections when reading type. In the future you might want to do that.

[nathanbedford]

No, I regard sarcasm and irony to be valuable tools of writing which should not be diluted by condescending signals to the reader about how to interpret what he sees.

I have never used sarcasm tags and cannot consider that I will do so. I want the reader to have an investment too in making the communication effective.

Thank you for being answering many of my questions about ham radio. What I am trying to find out is whether access to a national asset, which is by its very nature limited and not available to everyone who might like it, is allocated reasonably. I now understand the necessity that people be trained so they don't interfere with other bandwidth allocations. But does that mean that the right to broadcast is allocated reasonably? What is the standard? Can anyone who can pass the test gets such a privilege?