Jeff wrote:
The FCC, in our Democratic society, asked for input on the code/no-code
issue for quite awhile from the ham radio community.

We don't live in a democracy, but in a republic. The FCC repeatedly
told radio amateurs that it would wait for a consensus of opinion from
radio amateurs.


The MAJORITY of hams
voted to do away with Morse Code so that's why it's now gone.

There was no vote. The MAJORITY of commenters desired some sort of
continued Morse testing. Despite that, the FCC chose to do away with
Morse testing in amateur radio licensing. The FCC is not required to
conduct a vote or to accept the MAJORITY view.

Dave K8MN