Steve wrote:
On Jun 15, 9:12 am, wrote:
dxAce wrote:

Just another no-coder. They might just as well give away the ticket nowadays
in a box of Cracker Jack.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

You represent everything bad about Amateur Radio. People like you scare
young people away from the hobby.

Of course, the flip side of this is figuring out just how watered down
and popularized we're willing to make the hobby in order to attract
"young people". In my opinion, if young people don't want to come to
the party, let them go elsewhere. I'll be too busy on the radio to
notice.

Keeping a civil tongue is "...watered down...popularized...?

Not everyone is able to learn code. Just like everybody can't play the
piano. As nobody uses code anymore except for automatic identifiers,
QRP, and automated contesting, why require EVERYONE to learn it
proficiently just to use the shortwave?