"Bert Craig" wrote in message
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"Carl R. Stevenson" wrote in message
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How will we counter that argument?

One approach would be to stop planting it in peoples'
minds numerous times a day ... things that are repeated
often enough sometimes catch on, even if they are BAD
ideas ...

Carl - wk3c

You mean like "the 5-wpm code exam is a barrier"?

That concept has been agreed in FCC comments by the ARRL,
QCWA, and other organizations besides NCI ... and the IARU
has recognized and resolved that continuation of the Morse test
requirement is not in the best interest of the ARS.


or "it's a lid filter that keeps out CBers?"

That idea was rejected by the FCC both in 1990 and in
1999 ...

Carl - wk3c