Alun Palmer wrote:
Mike Coslo wrote in :


Carl R. Stevenson wrote:


I fail to find the humor ... it must be you. Having been licensed for
over 25 years, having learned Morse, passed a test (albeit 5 wpm, but
my skill increased as I *used* it in the early days), then losing
interest in using Morse, seeing Morse keep many of my engineering
colleagues from becoming hams over the years, and being involved in
this issue for a number of years, both before the FCC and in the WRC
prep process, I knew all the background, the issues, the US position,
etc. I also knew the postions of many/most other administrations and
regional groups. What's so funny about that?

I await the influx of all these engineers and the advances they
will
bring Amateur Radio.

Did anyone seriously say they were really interested in Ham radio,
but
the Morse Code test kept them out? just har dto imagine that someone
really interested would do that.



As an engineer myself, I can verfiy that lots of engineers have told me
exactly that. Whether they would get a licence once code testing is
abolished might be another matter.

You're right about that last part. Kind of like the excuses that people
make for lots of things.

Didya ever notice people tend to be kind of indirect in their excuses?

- Mike KB3EIA -

Mike Coslo wrote in
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Alun Palmer wrote:
Mike Coslo wrote in :


Carl R. Stevenson wrote:


I fail to find the humor ... it must be you. Having been licensed
for over 25 years, having learned Morse, passed a test (albeit 5 wpm,
but my skill increased as I *used* it in the early days), then losing
interest in using Morse, seeing Morse keep many of my engineering
colleagues from becoming hams over the years, and being involved in
this issue for a number of years, both before the FCC and in the WRC
prep process, I knew all the background, the issues, the US position,
etc. I also knew the postions of many/most other administrations and
regional groups. What's so funny about that?

I await the influx of all these engineers and the advances they
will
bring Amateur Radio.

Did anyone seriously say they were really interested in Ham
radio, but
the Morse Code test kept them out? just har dto imagine that someone
really interested would do that.



As an engineer myself, I can verfiy that lots of engineers have told
me exactly that. Whether they would get a licence once code testing is
abolished might be another matter.

You're right about that last part. Kind of like the excuses that
people
make for lots of things.

Didya ever notice people tend to be kind of indirect in their
excuses?

- Mike KB3EIA -



Well, it's certainly possible that it was their excuse to make me go away
and quit bothering them!

All the same, these are people who could pass the Extra theory without too
much effort, so once there is no longer a code test we probably _will_ see
some of them on the air.