In article , "Bert Craig"
writes:
"Alun" wrote in message
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PAMNO (N2EY) wrote in news:20040921201024.04815.00000600@mb-
m17.aol.com:
In article et, "KØHB"
writes:
"N2EY" wrote
Is the 5 wpm test really such a big deal?
Yes.
Why?
73 de Jim, N2EY
It puts people off, especially those who have no plans to ever use CW, and
there are a lot of those.
If I remember correctly, this is why the no-code Tech license was created.
Then you should also remember that no-code-TEST Techs were
forbidden operation below 30 MHz in the USA.
Somehow some amateurs still believe in the myth that morsemanship
is "essential" (enough for "qualifications") to operate below 30 MHz.
Oh, want increased "privileges?" Earn them. Sometimes earning something
(Like a degree, for example.) means "learning" a few things that you may
never use.
The alleged "need" to do morse code below 30 MHz is an artificiality.
That doesn't bother the qualifications of all those other radio services
operating below 30 MHz. Tsk, tsk.
Heaven forbid we should teach this concept to our kids. Instead they have a
whole generation of underachevers who would rather whine than achieve.
Remember the Regents!
[you spelled "reagent" wrong...but that's perhaps too subtle...]
Yes, heaven forbid that ANYONE EVER be allowed to transmit
below 30 MHz without full and complete "qualifications" by testing
in morsemanship! :-)
It "puts people off," it'd almost be funny...if it weren't so sad.
The "sadness" is that the PCTA simply can't get up to speed
on the newer technology nor do they want to change their ways.
Tsk, tsk.
Everyone must do as they do...or else! :-)