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A moment of silence my friends for a silent key.
Ham Radio did not die today!
Isn't it funny that those who wanted code removed from the license requirements are all happy and those who did not want the change are all furious. It kind of reminds me of the Rodney King trial and subsequent riots in LA a few years back. The jury who sat through many hours of testimony and heard all sides made a decision. A bunch of hot heads that only knew what they saw in a few minutes of TV coverage tore up the city and assaulted innocent people. What kind of intelligence is that? What good did it do? The FCC proposed this action years ago in a NPRM after a change in international agreements occured. They received comments from both sides, followed by reply comments. They even extended the time for comments. The comment period has of course been closed for some time now. Yet, people keep writing about it in this group where it just won't do any good. The FCC does not read this group. Those who do may have made comments previously to the FCC in the proper from during the NPRM reply periods. Those comments were every one considered. The bottom line is that the folks that count considered the comments from both sides and have made a decision. That is the way it will be. The guys who enjoy CW will continue to use CW. Those that don't won't. Clubs can still teach CW and anyone who wants to use it can enjoy it like many of us do. Please note this is an on topic post in only one newsgroup. I'm sick and tired of seeing this debated all over the internet in inappropriate places. If you believe in a process that is open and both sides have an opportunity to be heard, the side that takes the loss has to get over it and move on. Personally, I wish they had adopted the ARRL and FISTS proposals to at least retain CW as a requirement for the Extra Class license, but they didn't. I wonder if the folks guilty of all the obscenities and off-topic cross postings are better amateur radio citizens than they are internet citizens. If they're not perhaps being upset with the rule change and selling their radio gear would be better for the amateur radio service. Them staying in the amateur service might be worse than the new no code hams that might be coming. 73, Extra Class that operates almost exclusively CW . . . "Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL" wrote in message ... Ham radio died today. Sorry for all the brow beating, it won't be happening anymore. 73 de KB7ADL, AKA Slow Code |
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A moment of silence my friends for a silent key.
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:42:33 GMT, "Roadrunner NNTP"
wrote: Ham Radio did not die today! Of course not. How many times in the past have various changes in the ARS been proclaimed as the death of ham radio? Such proclamations were wrong in each and every case. Isn't it funny that those who wanted code removed from the license requirements are all happy and those who did not want the change are all furious. I'd expected nothing less. That's just human nature. It kind of reminds me of the Rodney King trial and subsequent riots in LA a few years back. The jury who sat through many hours of testimony and heard all sides made a decision. A bunch of hot heads that only knew what they saw in a few minutes of TV coverage tore up the city and assaulted innocent people. What kind of intelligence is that? What good did it do? It's called mob mentality, and of course, it did not good at all. The FCC proposed this action years ago in a NPRM after a change in international agreements occured. They received comments from both sides, followed by reply comments. They even extended the time for comments. The comment period has of course been closed for some time now. Yet, people keep writing about it in this group where it just won't do any good. The FCC does not read this group. Those who do may have made comments previously to the FCC in the proper from during the NPRM reply periods. Those comments were every one considered. The bottom line is that the folks that count considered the comments from both sides and have made a decision. That is the way it will be. The guys who enjoy CW will continue to use CW. Those that don't won't. Clubs can still teach CW and anyone who wants to use it can enjoy it like many of us do. Yep. Please note this is an on topic post in only one newsgroup. Just as it's about time the code test went away (personally, I thought it was time for that 30 years ago), it's also about time people started adhering to Usenet etiquette. This debate, and the crap it spawned, spilled over into several other newsgroups where it had nothing to do with the topics of those groups. I do hope that it will now finally stop. But, I'm not holding my breath. I'm sick and tired of seeing this debated all over the internet in inappropriate places. If you believe in a process that is open and both sides have an opportunity to be heard, the side that takes the loss has to get over it and move on. I agree...but like I said, I'm not holding my breath. There are apparently some rather unstable individuals on both sides of this issue, and even though it's now a non-issue, I doubt some of them will let it die the death it deserves. Personally, I wish they had adopted the ARRL and FISTS proposals to at least retain CW as a requirement for the Extra Class license, but they didn't. I'm not even gonna go there. Dead horse. I wonder if the folks guilty of all the obscenities and off-topic cross postings are better amateur radio citizens than they are internet citizens. If they're not perhaps being upset with the rule change and selling their radio gear would be better for the amateur radio service. Them staying in the amateur service might be worse than the new no code hams that might be coming. Interesting. I never thought of it this way before, but maybe that's the explanation for the irrational behavior some people on Usenet have exhibited during this whole process. Unable to release their frustrations on the air because of the possibility of having their licenses designated for cancellation (or because they don't even have licenses), some people took to expressing themselves on Usenet, which is already so liberally populated with kooks that a few dozen more were hardly noticed. John D. Kasupski, KC2HMZ Tonawanda, New York http://kc2hmz.net |
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