beerbarrel wrote:
On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:33:52 -0500, "Count Floyd"
wrote:

On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:41:48 UTC, beerbarrel
wrote:

On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 07:31:02 -0400, dxAce
wrote:



Joel Rubin wrote:

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 19:33:36 -0700, "John Smith"
wrote:

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...C-05-143A1.doc

John

Code ability should be one alternative among other technical tests. It
seems very odd to freeze a technical test in a museum of bygone
technology.

If one cannot learn at least a minimal 5 WPM code then they have absolutely no
business obtaining an amateur license.

dxAce
Michigan
USA



Agreed!
Then you should also learn how to ride a horse in order to deliver the
mail on time.


That's apples to oranges....Cw is the most efficient form of
communication in ham radio...

But it is used by nobody other than a small handfull of hams talking to
one another.