Leo:

Yeah, an argument like, "We should be "middle of the road", and have one foot
on both sides of the fence, so we can faint either way!"

I think that is what is known as, "The Girly-Man Stance", arnold would find
that disgusting...

John

"Leo" wrote in message
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On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 03:19:36 GMT, "Bill Sohl"
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Y'know, the only reason that we Canadians were able to keep Morse
testing around (as an option) was because our regulatory authority
agreed that it would be valuable for the purpose of reciprocity
agreements with countries that have decided (or will!) to keep Code
testing as a mandatory requirement for their Amateur licensees.

It's a valid point - without a Morse-qualified licence, one may not be
permitted to operate HF in a foreign country that requires Morse for
access should one choose to travel there. Reciprocity has always been
an important part of the worldwide Amateur community.....therefore, we
would have lost something tangible that we already had should this
scenario have played out!

It sure makes a non-emotional, fact-based arguement - which worked
quite well up here. I wonder, if enough people presented this
reasoning to the FCC in their comments, if they might be willing to
buy in to it?

Might be worth a try....?


73, Leo