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On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:32:27 -0600, "Ron"
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Slow Code wrote:
gwatts wrote in
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Slow Code wrote:
... If you want to ****
your diaper, please take it to the CB group, or start up a new own
thread with Markie and Opus.

SC

Is this how you only start a thread and let everyone else keep it
going?

You're rapidly approaching pitiful.

W8LNA


He wanted to push for dumbing down ham radio, and we can't let that
happen
in a thread that wants to protect it.

nobdoy but the ProCode want Ham radio dumbed down

we are just trying to free Ham radio form the orible hamr done by the
ARRL with incentive licensing

Are you a "Pro-Code" person?
no

indeed I think the ARS would better off if code use were banned but I
still believe in free speech

Interesting. Does speach apply to CW? After all, it is a non-voice form of
operation.

If so, then how is it that you can be so with
such poor spelling skills?

GIGO

Can I assume by that you mean that you never learned to spell?

OK, neither did I, but then again my news reader has a spell-checking
program.


If you are an example of what a "Pro-Code" person is, then I don't think
that HAM can really be "dumbed" down any further.

we are trying to end the dumbing down by ending code testing

Ron

http://kb9rqz.blogspot.com/

I am a no-code op. Removing the requirement for CW neither dumbs down the
HAM service, nor makes it more intelligent. CW is a niche form of operation
anymore. Some people enjoy it for reasons that I cannot personally fathom,
but what the heck, if its their thing then let them have at it. More power
to them. CW is no longer the main mode of operation used anywhere in the
world. Phone is. CW has no "practical" use any longer, it is used for
entertainment only. Again, more power to those who choose to do it.
Removing the 5wpm requirement for more advanced licensing only makes sense.
No one requires anyone to know PSK31 or RTTY now do they? The FCC does not
add that as a specific element of the testing process because it is a "mode"
of operation, no more or less than CW is. Knowing and being able to operate
CW does not make one more of a man, more of a woman, smarter, taller,
slimmer, or better looking. Its just another mode of operation, one that is
going into retirement slowly and painfully. Why not just let those who
enjoy it, do so, and let the rest of us get on with expanding the hobby into
new areas that technology make available to us. Why force us to regress 30
years instead of allowing those who enjoy CW to learn and participate in the
revolution that technology is providing for the Amateur Radio Service?

Ron