Won't work.... memorizing is learning. You know where you live because you
memorized it. You know what a diode is because you read it somewhere.
Reading a book or taking a class on radio would require you retain
[memorize] what you are told or read.

The information on radio should be kept secret, and the real test would be
this:
Here's a radio. Take it with you. Come back in 30 days and explain how it
works.

Then you get your owner's license, and can buy a radio.

Next test is to listen on-air to the CW [as there is no reason to use phone,
if you already speak a language.] and figure out the code
without any text or charts.

Then you get your operator's license.

When you can do that, then you can act like you've accomplished something.

rb



"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
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K4YZ wrote:
Cecil Moore wrote:
Then why isn't knowledge of Morse code and the CW mode
sufficient? Why must someone be forced to memorize
the individual characters?

Probably, Cecil, since it would then make it difficult to pass the
test.

You missed the point. The Morse code skill exam requires
memorizing the characters. Memorizing is being condemned
as an evil act. Since memorizing is evil, the Morse code
skill exam should be the first thing to be eliminated.
--
73, Cecil, http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp