Cmdr Buzz Corey wrote:
John S. wrote:

John


Quote: 3.Based upon the petitions and comments, we propose to amend
our amateur service rules to eliminate the requirement that individuals
pass a telegraphy examination in order to qualify for any amateur radio
operator license.

It is long long overdue, but welcome nonetheless. I hope that it is in
time to turn around the trends that are so well known.


There are no trends and eleminating the CW requirement will make little
if any difference.

Well, yes there are trends. Some people have actually taken the time
to review the data before making a judgement on the health of the
hobby. The news is not good. Take a look at:
http://users.crosspaths.net/~wallio/LICENSE.html

I do agree that removing the morse code requirement will probably have
little impact on long term registration. It is probably too little too
late to reverse the trend of the hobby moving from grey to white hair
as the age of active participants continues to increase. The hobby is
almost a quaint anachronism to younger people who are aware of it.
There are so many viable alternatives that do not require tests and
licenses.