rom: an old friend on Fri, Sep 1 2006 7:30 pm


Slow Code wrote:
wrote in :

You might have gotten some priviledges, but that was only because ham
radio has been dumbed down and you didn't have to make an effort to earn
them.

funy how for all you claim to be better than I and better than those
that agree with me on code tesing Our view is going to prevail

trolling right along

Mark, you have to give up on this anonymous "Slow Code." He is just
another of the Bigot Morsemen. He cannot adjust to changing times,
changing technology, or (perhaps) changing his underwear.

The FCC establishes regulations for ALL United States civil radio.
What the FCC says, goes. The ARRL doesn't rule, morsemen don't
rule, and old, old traditions don't rule. The FCC has NEVER said
anything about "earning" a license...a license applicant must take
an FCC-approved test and score above an FCC-established minimum
percentage correct answers. That's all there is. FCC regulations
are LAW and that LAW can be changed by democratic principled
means. That LAW is not established by some minority group who
cannot advance beyond primitive on-off carrier keying.

This "Slow Code" (like all bigoted morsemen) has taken up a role
of "I-am-your-leader" gang-banger bull**** bragging and usual
calling names of those licensees "below" him. Poor guy (or gal?).
That's all this "Slow Code" has...SOME manual morse code skill.
He might be right at home in an 1870s telegraph office but his
attitude is neither for democratic principles, nor for good
fellowship in a hobby, nor as a human being participating in a
discussion forum.

The FCC doesn't "rule" on any amateur radio "traditions." It
simply regulates ALL US civil radio (amateur radio is a small
part of that) and mitigates interference when it happens. The
FCC follows the LAW in their charter, permitting an open
forum for Comments on NPRMs, even R&Os, open for ALL citizens
and even allowing Comments from non-citizens.

Bigot morsemen do NOT allow any opinions opposing their own
over-inflated self-defined opinions. They want to RULE all the
Homies in da Ham Hood. They think they "own" ham radio when
the only thing they've "earned" is a bad attitude against them.
It's a wonder they haven't taken up Spark transmitters (even
though damped-wave mode is forbidden by law). Spark and
morsemanship went together in olden days, days well before the
existance of any of the bigot morsemen in this forum. "Slow
Code" needs a time machine to go back to that old era since he
can't keep up with modern times nor the democratic principles
of the representative republic of the United States of America.

As a professional in radio communications, one who began in
and on HF over a half century ago, I have contempt for the
over-inflated egos of the bigot morsemen. None have made
their case valid enough to warrant morse code testing for
amateur radio licenses forever. But, the ARRL is toadying
to them, vainly hoping to increase their minority membership
by sticking to the amateur practice of a half century ago.
ARRL membership hasn't increased beyond a quarter of all
licensed radio amateurs in the United States, nor has the
ARRL favored, ever, the VHF-and-up amateur radio licensees
beyond the barest minimum of mentions.

Sooner or later the FCC will yield to PUBLIC pressure to
modernize US amateur radio beyond the old-fashioned
limitations and favoritism towards morsemanship lobbied
for by the ARRL. It may not come in "Slow Code's" lifetime
since he is of the group where a morse key has to be pried
from his cold, dead fingers. Poor "Slow Code," old before
his time, unable to fit into this new millennium of radio
technology.