There are no CW-only parts of the HF/MF bands. None at all.


You'd better check your frequency priviledge/allocation charts.
The lower half of the HF bands except for 160 meters is
"cw/fsk only"....




Your opinion noted. Others have a different opinion.

yes, agreed.
However, it would seem that MOST oppinions worldwide
are on the side of removing code tests.


They do not, however, likewise, first test people
on knowing how to build a double sideband carrier
transmission if they want to operate AM; they do
not require you to show how to get a microphone,
talk on it, and recieve the response on a speaker
if you want to use frequency modulated radiotelephone,
or single sideband carrier suppressed radiotelephone.

Perhaps they should.

but they don't.




When I first started out in ham radio, all I wanted to do was join the
folks I heard on 75 meter AM. Yet in order to get the license, I had
to learn not only Morse Code, but all sorts of theory and regulatory
stuff that had absolutely nothing to do with 75 meter AM.

Why was I forced to learn all that?

I really don't know. Thank heaven they've gone a long way to fix
the problem, and may make the final move here soon to remove the
scourge of CW tests all together.

Clint
KB5ZHT