Thread: Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we cancommunicatewith other.
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Old July 18th 06, 04:01 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna,rec.radio.amateur.policy,rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.scanner
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Default Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewith other.
On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 01:41:29 GMT, Cecil Moore
wrote:

Al Klein wrote:
Considering that someone with absolutely no knowledge of electronics
can memorize enough to pass the test in about 8 hours, there's no
longer any real test of anything but the ability to memorize.

The Morse code exam is a test of the ability to memorize.
No knowledge of electronics required.

For most people, he written test is also a test of the ability to
memorize. Just show most hams licensed in the past 10 years a
schematic and ask them to find a component by function. "Knowledge of
electronics"? It would be funny if it weren't so sad.
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