On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 00:47:17 -0400, "Jerry Oxendine"
wrote:

The same thing could be said about Morse. Yes, it is old. But *if* radio
should fail (terrorists, infrastructure, etc) then CW can get thru when
others
fail. I learned it before there was a hint of doing away with code for any
license
class, I still will know it if it goes away, and, yes, I can still ride a
horse. Like CW horses are fun and no reason for me to have to do either at
present. But if
I need to I can.

Just because you did blah blah in 1960 doesn't mean the technology savvy
person of today should be tied down to some silly morse code test. I'm sorry to
inform you that if ham radio doesn't change in the next few years there will be
no one left to use it.
For gods sake are you that arrogant and ignorant of the world around you? I
bet you have a fancy computer. Let me put the morse code requirement in
perspective for you. What if the FCC and a national computer user group
required you to have a license to use a computer and to get a license you had
to pass a keyboard test of 35 WPM? I bet you would be screaming bloody murder
along with computer manufacturers and congress. The morse code test is the same
way.



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