wrote:
Mike Coslo writes:

If they are interested in the ARS, but do not learn Morse because
they don't like it, they are not as interested as someone who does
make the effort.


You're really describing the "hazing effect", AFAICS. I approve of CW
testing precisely because of this effect; after being forced to run
the gauntlet of CW practice and testing, many will decide they love
CW--but more importantly, their attitude to the ARS in general will be
affected by the fact of having spent effort (however minor) and jumped
through hoops (however simple) to get into it.

No, it's not a hazing effect I'm describing, its plain old *interest*
in the ARS.

- Mike KB3EIA -

Mike Coslo writes:

No, it's not a hazing effect I'm describing, its plain old
*interest* in the ARS.

I realize that--but of course plenty of people are interested in
communication but not CW, and signify it by choosing to get a no-code
Tech license.

Defining that as disinterest in "ARS" involves a question-begging
definition of ARS to be "amateur radio communication in various modes
INCLUDING CW."

Regards,
Len.