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June 14th 05, 10:39 PM

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From: "Dee Flint" on Sun 12 Jun 2005 18:10

"bb" wrote in message
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Has the code exam been dropped yet? Might as well be all black or all
white because at the end of the day there are still people who support
the wall.

There is no wall but what people create in their own minds.

There is no wall the deaf cannot hear through.

Deaf people have passed the code test.

There is no wall that the blind cannot see through.

Blind people have passed the code test.

There is no wall that the paraplegic cannot walk through.

Paraplegic people have passed the code test.

There is no wall that bars the physical being from doing
anything they dream of...

...in their DREAMS.

All purposeful action starts with an idea - a dream, as it were.
First the idea, then the actions to make the idea become
a reality.

The person who will not allow him/herself to believe they can do
something is already defeated.

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The current Morse Code test in the USA requires the correct
recognition of 25 consecutive Morse Code symbols, or correct
answers to 7 out of 10 fill-in-the-blank questions based on
5 minutes of Morse Code text. The entire text used for the
test consists of no more than 125 Morse Code symbols
transmitted in no less than 5 minutes.

This test has been compared to learning to recognize 41 words
of a foreign language, which is a fair analogy.

It seems incredible that such a simple test of such a basic
radio communication skill would be the cause of so much
controversy and acrimony from those opposed to it.