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July 27th 03, 11:28 PM
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"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
... Kim W5TIT wrote: "Keith" wrote in message ... On 27 Jul 2003 14:22:09 GMT, (N2EY) wrote: If you're going to go that route, then all of the questions in the written tests about voice modes have to go as well, because there's no way deaf people are going to use SSB, either. I'd love to see someone with a hearing disability receive weak signal CW on 80 meters in the middle of July. Requiring a deaf person to pass a code test to get a ham license is like making a blind person pass a drivers test before riding the bus, you never know when driver will pass out and the blind will have to take the wheel of the bus. You are really crazy along with your pals at the ARRRRRRLLLL. This hang on to morse code forever crap is the reason that ham radio is going to die. And you're arguments backed by idiocy are the reason those of us who logically argue against a CW test get the flak that we do. To say the things you say of the deaf, or any other handicapped you might *think* you are taking up for, is narrow minded and pretty damned discriminatory of you. But these people are there, Kim. And there seems to be quite a few of 'em. Just some of the folk we can look forward to soon. - Mike KB3EIA - They are there, Mike, yes. But there's not so many of them that it's a distraction. Just like I don't get distracted by people such as...well, you know... Kim W5TIT --- Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net Complaints to |
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