The mistake the FCC made was dropping the code requirment down to 5 wpm.
Lots of nivices squeeked under the wire.

On Tue, 25 Oct 2005, The Magnum wrote:


Yet another reason I will never obtain a ham ticket.

Good news for ham radio!

Yep, there will be no one left on Ham soon after all the old farts have
died...

You seem to think that
your little piece of paper raises your IQ.

Yet with you cber IQ you couldn't pass the test even though the answers
to the questions are available.

Try taking an IQ test and i bet theres hardly any difference between you and
most people on CB. The only test you would outshine most CBers would be
radio related...

Dana wrote:
The mistake the FCC made was dropping the code requirment down to 5 wpm.
Lots of nivices squeeked under the wire.

I agree they made that mistake, they are about to fix that one by
droping it to where it belonged in the first place zero

"Dana" wrote in message
.com...
The mistake the FCC made was dropping the code requirment down to 5 wpm.
Lots of nivices squeeked under the wire.

What is this absurd fascination with Morse Code? Wouldnt you rather just
talk to people? I know all about the arguements about it getting through
when all else fails but is it really life and death?? If i cant get through
on the radio I use a Phone or the Internet. After all its just a hobby.
Besides, doesnt all that dot dot dot.. dash dash dash give you a headache
after a while??
Dont get me wrong, im not having a go at Amateurs im just asking the
question.. why is it so important?

Regards,
Graham

"The Magnum" wrote:


"Dana" wrote in message
.com...
The mistake the FCC made was dropping the code requirment down to 5 wpm.
Lots of nivices squeeked under the wire.

What is this absurd fascination with Morse Code? Wouldnt you rather just


its not absurd.

if you did the morse test you would understand.

"zjjPK "

rcom.ie.net wrote in message ...
"The Magnum" wrote:


"Dana" wrote in message
.com...
The mistake the FCC made was dropping the code requirment down to 5
wpm.
Lots of nivices squeeked under the wire.

What is this absurd fascination with Morse Code? Wouldnt you rather just


its not absurd.

if you did the morse test you would understand.

Then can you explain it to me then? Im not being flippant, I actually want
to know why its important and why, in your words, it drops the quality of
people who chose to become Amateur if they don't do morse... why does it
make them any less of a good Amateur?... and why do you think that because
morse might be dropped the band will become full of CB people who will wreak
havoc? And why do you class all CB'ers as the same?

"The Magnum" wrote:

Then can you explain it to me then? Im not being flippant, I actually want
to know why its important and why, in your words, it drops the quality of
people who chose to become Amateur if they don't do morse... why does it
make them any less of a good Amateur?... and why do you think that because
morse might be dropped the band will become full of CB people who will wreak
havoc? And why do you class all CB'ers as the same?

all you have to do is observe the behaviour on this newsgroup.

the outrageous foul language used.

and then listen to 40m




by even attempting to do the morse test shows an attempt and willingness
to improve.
something that 2500 showed they didnt have when they ran away.

and worse... they showed it to the authorities.

zjjPK wrote:
"The Magnum" wrote:


"Dana" wrote in message
.com...
The mistake the FCC made was dropping the code requirment down to 5 wpm.
Lots of nivices squeeked under the wire.

What is this absurd fascination with Morse Code? Wouldnt you rather just


its not absurd.

it is asburd

if you did the morse test you would understand.

I have and I do understand it is an absurd hazing ritual

I enjoyed the code at 1 time, but not anymore.

On Sat, 12 Nov 2005, The Magnum wrote:


"Dana" wrote in message
.com...
The mistake the FCC made was dropping the code requirment down to 5 wpm.
Lots of nivices squeeked under the wire.

What is this absurd fascination with Morse Code? Wouldnt you rather just
talk to people? I know all about the arguements about it getting through
when all else fails but is it really life and death?? If i cant get through
on the radio I use a Phone or the Internet. After all its just a hobby.
Besides, doesnt all that dot dot dot.. dash dash dash give you a headache
after a while??
Dont get me wrong, im not having a go at Amateurs im just asking the
question.. why is it so important?

Regards,
Graham

What is this absurd fascination with Morse Code? Wouldnt you rather just
talk to people? I know all about the arguements about it getting through
when all else fails but is it really life and death?? If i cant get through
on the radio I use a Phone or the Internet. After all its just a hobby.
Besides, doesnt all that dot dot dot.. dash dash dash give you a headache
after a while??
Dont get me wrong, im not having a go at Amateurs im just asking the
question.. why is it so important?

It has its own abiding fascination for some of us. And if you get
selfish idiots on SSB encroaching on the CW end of bands, you can blow
them away without difficulty and still carry on an uninterrupted QSO
with fellow CWers.
--

"What is now proved was once only imagin'd" - William Blake

"Paul Burridge" k wrote
in message ...

What is this absurd fascination with Morse Code? Wouldnt you rather
just
talk to people? I know all about the arguements about it getting
through
when all else fails but is it really life and death?? If i cant get
through
on the radio I use a Phone or the Internet. After all its just a hobby.
Besides, doesnt all that dot dot dot.. dash dash dash give you a
headache
after a while??
Dont get me wrong, im not having a go at Amateurs im just asking the
question.. why is it so important?

It has its own abiding fascination for some of us. And if you get
selfish idiots on SSB encroaching on the CW end of bands, you can blow
them away without difficulty and still carry on an uninterrupted QSO
with fellow CWers.
--

"What is now proved was once only imagin'd" - William Blake

Then that's fine for you and your CW friends but is it really the top goal
all Amateurs set out to achieve... to go dah dah dah dit dit dit dah dah
dah? Don't you also enjoy talking to distance stations with your voice too?
I agree that the part of the spectrum allocated to Morse should be left for
Morse and those who wish to use Morse should have a slightly different level
of licence/callsign to acknowledge this but it seems its always but "always"
levelled at us with any discussion about seemingly low licensed
intermediates/M3's/general class that unless your an extra class/advanced
you are some sort of trailer park scum. Not for one minute am I saying you
say this but its the general impression most get from some "alleged" full
licence holders in these newsgroups.

Regards and Happy Christmas,
Graham

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Radio is only a Hobby. Don't let it rule your life...

73's - Graham (www.open-channel.co.uk)