In article , Dwight Stewart
writes:


"Mike Coslo" wrote:
Kim is having some trouble with her newsreader, so
I'm forwarding this reply post with her permission.

(snip)

I appreciate and respect the tradition of CW as a
part of ham radio. I appreciate and respect most
(excluding some here in this newsgroup only) CW
operators and operation. I can't tell you how many
times I've felt quite privileged to watch a CW
operator at Field Day. I will defend to the end of
ham radio that CW is wonderful, a skill that only
few will learn and use, and that it has a rich
tradition and history in ham radio. But I will not
defend saying that having it as a testing
requirement proves a dawgoned thing, because it
just plain doesn't.


Well-written comments, Kim. So well written, there is nothing else to add.
So I'll wait to see how the responses fall. And thanks for posting Kim's
message, Mike.

Dwight:

And they say ***I*** have a "thing" for Kim! Sheez! Why don't you just
go ahead and propose to her right here on the newsgroup! (Keep in mind,
her OM may object!) I've never seen such sucking-up since I saw a flight
of a half-dozen or so Canada Geese devoured by a C-5B engine!

I know this may come as a shock to Kim, but Code testing isn't there to
"prove" anything at all. It is there to ensure that prospective hams have
a basic understanding of this useful radiocommunications skill. Poor
Kim -- will she ever get ANYTHING right?

73 de Larry, K3LT