In article , "Dan/W4NTI"
w4nti@get rid of this mindspring.com writes:

Of course, there's always the remote possibility that the FCC will
take the easiest course of action, which is to make no further changes
to the ARS licensing structure and requirements at all. However,
this would seem to be almost impossible for them to get away with,
in light of the language of the Restructuring R&O. One can always
hope, but I'm 99% sure we'll see code testing go away. Of course,
when it does, Carl and the NCI will then be in the "hot seat" -- since
we'll now be able to sit back and wait for the technical/digital
revolution they've promised all along. Personally, I hope they're right,
but I don't have that kind of luck.

73 de Larry, K3LT

Forget it Larry. It ain't gonna happen. The puter folks may get into ham
radio for the UHF / SHF linking aspects. Just to increase range. But that
will be it.

HF has no interest to them. Nor does conventional voice stuff. And, of
course, forget CW.

Basically what it amounts to, AND ALWAYS HAS. It takes a certain breed to
be a real radio ham. And we are going away fast.

Dan/W4NTI

Dan:

Yeah, I'm afraid it's true. The irony is that some of the most technically-
inclined YOUNG hams I've known have been those who were eager and
willing to respond to the code learning/testing challenge. It just may have
been the one thing that would have motivated more young people to
become hams.

73 de Larry, K3LT