"Carl R. Stevenson" wrote


EVERY time there has been change of any real sort in ham radio, there
have been cranky olde fartz like you preaching "end of the world" doom
and gloom ... and every time it has not come to pass ...


Carl,

With all due respect, the above and similar jeremiads from you, Dick,
(and whoever) qualify as finalists in the rrap IPOTD (Irrelevant Post
Of The Decade) competition.

Look, you have a valid FCC license. Dick has a valid FCC license. I
have a valid FCC license. That makes us all members of a group
comprising about one quarter of one per cent of the U.S. population.
We have strong common interests as a result of that shared status.
Let's focus on that.

The whole argument about Morse code reminds me of sail-boaters and
power-boaters arguing among themselves about which technology is "most
efficient", or "gets through rough water", or whatever, while in the
meantime a commercial interest is petitioning to drain the water out
of our lake and converting the whole damned place to an industrial
park.

Friends, our "lake" of spectrum is in danger of being drained away --
spend your energy and intellect trying to solve that problem which
MEANS SOMETHING to everyone of us, instead of arguing over the
merits/demerits of Morse testing.

Without spectrum, there is no Amateur Radio.

73, de Hans, K0HB


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The dust will not settle in our time. And when it does some
great roaring machine will come and whirl it all skyhigh again.