Morse Code is in distress.
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While the decision had been expected, some ham radio operators fear that
their

""""""exclusive club"""""

I think this is the key to Ms Kotts reaction.
New folks "the unwashed masses" are going to move into what she thinks of as
her exclusive neighborhood, and things will be different.
Change is upsetting, but change happens.
Deal with it.
Radio and Cw were "new fangled technology" in 1905, because she grew up with
this technology, She wants to stick to the 19th century technology she is
familiar with.
If the CDC did that, people would be dying like flies from what are NOW
preventable diseases like Measles, Cholera, typhoid , typhus, Yellow Fever,
etc.And surgery would be done without anaesthesia.


- and that the very survival of Morse Code is in question.
NO this is not true! Once knowledge is discovered it willl not DIE. Its
usage may decline as other technologies supplant it, BUT it will survive.

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The demise of the Morse requirement, however, could be a boon for ham
radio itself. After the FCC decision, demand for information
about radio licenses surged from about 200 in a typical weekend to about
500, according to the American Radio Relay League, an
organization representing ham radio operators.

A surge in interest is a GOOD thing. Too many Old Farts like me (age 55),
and not enough youngsters coming in to the hobby.

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"It's part of the dumbing down of America," said Nancy Kott, editor of
World Radio magazine and a field representative for the

Centers for Disease of Control and Prevention in Metamora, Michigan

IS this an Official policy if the CDC? Is she its authorized
spokesperson????
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Last time I was there, the CDC headquarters were outside Atlanta, Georgia.

"We live in a society today that wants something for nothing."

A female in a mostly male radio world, Kott is one of about 660,000
licensed ham operators in the United States and is the U.S.
leader of Fists CW Club, an organization that calls itself the
International Morse Preservation Society.

Again this sounds to me like an old timers' temper tantrum against change.

Dan AI8O