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AJ Lake · September 8th 08, 05:33 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.homebrew

wrote:

That theory doesn't hold water because Morse Code isn't obsolete on
the HF/MF ham bands.

The code may be fun to use as a *hobby* but it is obsolete
as in the dictionary definition: to become disused, old fashioned,
and no longer up to date.

The FCC (and the rest of the world) just recognized that
requiring people to become human modems to
get a ham license didn't make sense. Maybe it did in WW2
when a pool of human CW ops was needed, but certainly not now.

Groups such as FISTS and SKCC have
increasing numbers of members.

You won't win this one on the numbers. Do you really
think the number of active CW ops today compares
with the numbers there were in the 50s?

Participation in contests using Morse Code isn't declining...

No unfortunately contests are just as bad as ever.

the only "CW bands" in Part 97 are the
bottom 100 kHz of 6 and 2 meters.

Playing word cop is not your style, sorry to see you do it. The
'CW bands' are common ham jargon not lawyer speak. Just as
using the term CW when you mean the code mode.