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Tester · December 18th 06, 03:47 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

On 18 Dec 2006 06:02:10 -0800, wrote:

Von Fourche wrote:
Uh, what happened boys? Not enough people wanting to join your little
fraternity? Worried that with nobody joining you SHAMS the government may
give the airwaves to their rightful owners - the American people? Worried
that SHAM radio will become like CB radio?

We know what happened. You arrogant engineers are getting fewer and
fewer in number. Not enough new arrogant engineers to take your place.

Can you find code these days outside the ham band? Does the U.S. Army
Signal Corps have any use for code in 2006? Is there a wire telegraph
system anywhere in the world which uses some version or other of Morse
Code?

Every technology has its day and is gone. No one in the first world
makes wool like the Romans today (thank God - urine was an important
part of the process) or wories about using precisely designed
catapaults to knock down castle walls. (outside a special on PBS or
the History Channel)

Maybe there should be a bunch of technological options for a General
ham license of which one should be Morse. The ability to build a good
transmitter should be another.

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