wrote in message
oups.com...
Perhaps someone can clear up one issue for me.....why do we take a
morse code test to gain access to phone portions of the bands? It has
never made sense to me that you had to pass a code test to operate HF
phone.....

John T.
W5KXO
San Antonio, Texas


Because it is one of the basics of amateur radio. There are a number of
things that you have to learn as basics that you may never use. A
fundamental introduction to these basics is valuable in allowing the
operator to better judge whether the subject is interesting enough to pursue
further.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE