"merlin-7" wrote:

Just one note...I passed my code test and have not used it since. I am not
saying that I will never use it. I just have not had any interest in it
yet.
Does it make me a better ham haveing passed code?

I wouldn't say it makes you a better ham for having passed the code test.

I would say it makes you a better ham because you are now familiar with
another operating mode commonly in use in the amateur radio service.

Likewise, I would make the same statement -- it makes you a better ham --
regardless of the mode of operation -- CW, SSB, FM, AM -- you name it.

Why? As an amateur, experience with ANY mode of operation, IMO, makes you a
"better" ham.

73
KH6HZ