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Cost of internal keyer * nothing to do with cost!
On Mar 25, 2:28�pm, "Mr Fed UP" wrote:
My code skills have been lost from years of not using them, but now that I don't have to gain a certain word speed to "upgrade" I have a paddle and will be starting CW again. � I don't see the connection. btw, all US amateur licenses that required code tests were available for just a 5 wpm code test and a doctor's note since 1990 (18 years) and for just a 5 wpm code test since 2000 (8 years). Ashame that a hobby that is suppose to promote experimentation and communication had blocked of so many frequencies for "elitist" use. What frequencies were those? The only CW/data spectrum reserved for Extras is the bottom 25 kHz of 80, 40, 20 and 15 meters. Oh by the way straight from the current ARRL QST April issue Page 12 "This Just In" �"U.S. hams who wish to operate with full privileges in European countries covered by the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) must now hold an Extra �class licensee" Extra or Advanced. I was studying for my Extra, but if all it is to be, is another elitist" use of rules and reg's to validate the "high standing" of VEC's and 'higher ups' then maybe I should skip the Extra Class. The change has nothing to do with the VECs. It is the result of CEPT's Radio Regulatory Working Group re-evaluating the equivalence between CEPT country license requirements and US license requirements. IOW, the CEPT folks decided that having a General or Technician class license does not qualify the licensee to have full operating privileges in CEPT countries. Since Techs and Generals don't have full US operating privileges, why should they have full privs in CEPT countries? �I have heard OT's and many in the Extra portions of the bands using as poor practices / illegal power / rude and foul language as in any other portions of the bands. Have you heard those goings-on from hams using non-voice modes? 73 de Jim, N2EY� |
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Cost of internal keyer * nothing to do with cost!
Michael Coslo wrote:
I would not at all object to new license classes that were just based on knowledge, and didn't confer any particular privileges. That was essentially the case in 1954 when the Extra Class license didn't confer any particular frequency privileges. With a lowly mail-order Conditional Class license obtained by a lowly high school junior, I earned access to all amateur radio frequencies. ex-WN5DXP -- 73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com |
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Cost of internal keyer * nothing to do with cost!
Michael Coslo writes:
wrote: I've heard a little - not much. But by and large, most people who use non-voice modes such as PSK31 and OOK Morse are going to be less likely to engage in shenanigans because the very nature of the modes slows things down a little, and the Op is more likely to give a little more thought about what they type or key. Heard on the 9X0R listening frequency on 40m last night, in excellent CW: CQ DX CQ DX CQ DX de QRM QRM On top of all the malicious tuning and jamming. 73 LA4RT Jon, Trondheim, Norway |
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