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Steve agreed with removing the Morse Code Exam. I guess that makes him
"progressive."
That's not what I said.
I said I am in favor of allowing some access to HF without the
Morse exam.
I also said I favor retaining the Morse exam for the Extra Class
license and for limiting access to those frequencies where Morse is
most used where the licensee has not demonstrated at least some
proficiency in Morse Code.
I would disagree with this approach. Here's why.
Let me start by saying that I believe all amateurs should have a basic
ability in Morse code as it is one of the basics of amateur radio. There
are two ways to get people to learn it. One, which is what we have now, is
to tie the most desired privilege (HF voice) to the subject that they least
desire to study. However there is a second way. Allow the novices and
techs CW privileges only on the General HF bands without any further
testing. They can have HF voice, digital, etc at any time they then pass
the whatever the test will be in the future for General. This gives them a
taste of HF. I would happily work them as slow as they want to go in order
to encourage the use of CW.
Dee D. Flint, N8UZE