Dick Carroll; wrote:

JJ wrote:


Larry Roll K3LT wrote:


Hmmm. How interesting. We're not just "out of touch with reality," we're
"freaking out of touch with reality." That sounds a bit severe! Just what,
may I axe, makes us PCTA's so "freaking" out of touch with reality? Is it
because we believe in the usefulness of the Morse code, and the need to
have code testing so prospective hams get the opportunity to be exposed
to it? Or is it just that we disagree with the NCTA and NCI, and are able
to express our opinions with clarity and conviction? It's gotta be something
along those lines!

Following your line of thinking, why doesn't the test include
listening and transmitting on AM so prospective hams get the
opportunity to be exposed to it? Also FM, and all the other modes?




Isn't everyone "exposed" to voice and voice modes well before entering ham radio?
How many people ever are exposed to radiotelgraphy?

What about all those digital modes? It makes just as much sense
to make sure new hams can operate those modes as it does CW.