I have an idea. This should thin the ranks of amateurs and let Big Brother
have the bands as is desired. We all know the FCC wants to sell the bands to
the highest bidder. In addition to the code requirement, lets have
proficiency testing in SSB, FM, RTTY, PSK-31 and Packet. That should just
about kill the code proponents off, as they are mostly too old, addled, and
unable to learn. That way, even they won't be able to use *their* bands
without these proficiencies.

Sounds like a plan, eh?

HTH