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July 23rd 03, 01:28 AM
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"Radio Amateur KC2HMZ" wrote in message
... On 21 Jul 2003 03:06:36 GMT, ospam (Larry Roll K3LT) wrote: It is not unusual for amateur radio organizations to take a "politically correct" stance code testing. Even FISTS, and organization which hails itself as "The International Morse Preservation Society" does not "officially" support the concept of Morse code testing for an amateur radio license. I have been a member of FISTS, but haven't paid my dues since '01. I may "re-join," even though my FISTS number is good for life whether I pay the dues or not, since paying up only gets me a rather lame newsletter. Since I'm not that big a fan of CW, the FISTS newsletter - focusing understandably on CW - wasn't all that interesting to me either, but I did get a kick out of the little cartoons on the back of the few issues I've seen...which incidentally were drawn by the very same Arnie Macy, KT4ST, who occasionally takes time out from his busy schedule to participate in this very NG. I received my U.K. call, G0LYW, in 1989 whilst stationed at RAF Mildenhall, UK. I operated mainly 40- and 20-meter CW, and, oddly enough, a bunch of 2-meter SSB. How were 2m operating conditions there, anyway? Seems like there might be a lot of temperature inversion ducting going on with so much water around. Just wondering. Alun, my opinion of you as a ham is not dependant on your usage of CW. That's not quite what you said in your last post to this thread, where you agreed to consider a full-fledged ham an Extra who operated at least 40% of the time in CW. All I ask is that you don't whine about it, and that as a ham, you make an effort to do something more challenging than just yakking into a microphone. That would imply the use of at least one digital mode. CW operation would be the icing on the cake, and go a long way to impress me. However, I'm not here to be impressed by you, or anyone else. At the end of the day, your participation as a ham will always be driven by whatever provides you with the greatest satisfaction, and I don't begrudge anyone having fun on their own terms. Yeah...as long as "their own terms" happen to measure up to your standards with respect to choice of operating modes. Come on, OM, that's two-faced and you know it. Whether it's CW, phone, PSK31, SSTV, packet, Hellshrieber, MSK16, or ATV, it's still radio, and this is the Amateur *Radio* Service. However, the code testing debate was started by those claiming that code testing was impinging on the development of technical skills within the ARS, which is patently untrue. As far as I'm concerned, the code testing debate started back in 1975 when the Communicator Class license was proposed. Unless a no-code license was proposed before that, in which case, feel free to enlighten me. Therefore, before you judge me, you must understand where I've been coming from throughout this debate -- that code testing imparts a useful skill on radio amateurs, and increases their overall communications capabilities. Those who don't know the code or use it regularly simply are not qualified to judge those who support code testing requirements. Ever heard this befo "Judge not, lest ye yourself be judged?" I for one would like to see a little less judging and a little more mutual respect for our fellow hams. At the risk of sounding like a broken record (anybody remember those?), it's all radio regardless. Anyone who has bothered to obtain the license must have some interest in radio, or so one might tend to think...so why not view that interest as something in common and leave it at that? 73 DE John, KC2HMZ John, meet Larry. Kim W5TIT --- Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net Complaints to |
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