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Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewith other.
"dxAce" wrote in message ... Anybody who can't pass the minimal 5 WPM doesn't deserve a license. That's needlessly insulting. |
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Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewith other.
Sal M. Onella wrote: "dxAce" wrote in message ... Anybody who can't pass the minimal 5 WPM doesn't deserve a license. That's needlessly insulting. well the is DX ace for you never be just rude whenyou can be insulting |
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Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewith other.
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:19:04 -0700, "Sal M. Onella"
wrote: Anybody who can't pass the minimal 5 WPM doesn't deserve a license. That's needlessly insulting. No, it's a statement of historic fact, as determined by the licensing authorities. But it's incorrct -- anyone who can't copy 5 wpm deserves a license, but it's Citizen's Band. A further valid statement would be that anyone with an IQ approaching 100 can learn to copy 5 wpm. That's less than one character every two seconds, which gives tons of time to recognize and write the single character before the next one begins. Dyslexia cannot apply, unless it is dyslexia that affects the remembered dot/dash pattern of a single character. -- Larry |
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Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewithother.
pltrgyst wrote:
No, it's a statement of historic fact, as determined by the licensing authorities. But it's incorrct -- anyone who can't copy 5 wpm deserves a license, but it's Citizen's Band. Are you saying that hundreds of thousands of no-code techs didn't deserve an amateur radio license? -- 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp |
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Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewith other.
"pltrgyst" wrote in message news Dyslexia cannot apply, unless it is dyslexia that affects the remembered dot/dash pattern of a single character. Well, Larry, it took you to the last sentence, but you did actually lurch into the problem. Within seconds after learning what dah-dit-dit-dah means (or dit-dah-dah-dit, for that matter), I fail to accurately recognize them when they are sent again. Hundreds of tries -- all failures, all mine. From your lofty perch, as a successful Morse Code user, you look down on me. You could stand to learn a little humility. It would serve you and the amateur community better than dah-dit-dah any day. |
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Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewith other.
"Sal M. Onella" wrote in message news:5h4mg.138$lv.13@fed1read12... "pltrgyst" wrote in message news Dyslexia cannot apply, unless it is dyslexia that affects the remembered dot/dash pattern of a single character. Well, Larry, it took you to the last sentence, but you did actually lurch into the problem. Within seconds after learning what dah-dit-dit-dah means (or dit-dah-dah-dit, for that matter), I fail to accurately recognize them when they are sent again. Hundreds of tries -- all failures, all mine. From your lofty perch, as a successful Morse Code user, you look down on me. You could stand to learn a little humility. It would serve you and the amateur community better than dah-dit-dah any day. should we get rid of the written test because people can't learn decibels and basic algebra? perhaps the CW test could have a question pool similar to the written. you could memorize all the answers. i am actually dead serious. or standardize the test so that the output is always like a QSO in super morse. there are ways to make the test easier. hmm, or we could have an option that you can view the CW in a spectrogram and decode it visually. Gravity |
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Elimination of CW is a loss in the number of ways we can communicatewith other.
Hi there.
Just a quick thought. I will not jump into the code vs. no-code fray. That said, I'd like to pass on an experience I had with a college professor friend of mine many years ago, now passed (Doc Bronfield WA2SMW). I learned CW at the age of 9 using flashing light. Now age 57. Got my novice at age 14 and general at age 15. The extra came easy as did 30 wpm plus CW. Not so with my friend Doc. He tried and tried, and then we realized that he had aural dyslexia. So I had an idea. With the help of local engineering types. They built a keyer that could sent different frequencies slightly for the dits and dahs. That was what he needed to get his code speed up and pass the general using the keyer during a FCC test. Here's what I believe should happen with CW. When I passed my extra there were no extra class operating privileges issued, but the FCC issued a nice Extra class certificate for the accomplishment (which I still have). I suggest we leave the 5 wpm code requirement in place as it now is, but go back to issuing the 20 wpm certificate by VE's. That would, perhaps, satisfy, the pro-code folk? It would reward the accomplishment without necessarily making it an Extra class requirement. Jozef Hand-Boniakowski WB2MIC "Sal M. Onella" wrote in message news:5h4mg.138$lv.13@fed1read12... "pltrgyst" wrote in message news Dyslexia cannot apply, unless it is dyslexia that affects the remembered dot/dash pattern of a single character. Well, Larry, it took you to the last sentence, but you did actually lurch into the problem. Within seconds after learning what dah-dit-dit-dah means (or dit-dah-dah-dit, for that matter), I fail to accurately recognize them when they are sent again. Hundreds of tries -- all failures, all mine. From your lofty perch, as a successful Morse Code user, you look down on me. You could stand to learn a little humility. It would serve you and the amateur community better than dah-dit-dah any day. |
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