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"Larry Roll K3LT" wrote:
How many CW contacts have you made in your ham "career?" I'm into the multiple thousands. If you have less than 500, then you're not even close to being qualified to render a judgment against code testing. And exactly how does the number of CW contacts made qualify one to make a judgement about the value of code testing as a license requirement? Again, code testing is not, and never has been, solely for the benefit of Amateur Radio (or solely to benefit CW operations on those bands). Code use is declining here and around the world. Looking solely at Amateur Radio, even the majority of those operators don't use code/cw on any routine or regular basis. Because of these facts, the need for a code testing requirement has vanished. Twenty-two plus years of OTA HF experience as a radio amateur, which has been about 80 percent CW, 19 percent RTTY and other digital modes, and 1 percent phone. What's your breakdown? I believe the question was what experience you have that makes you UNIQUELY qualified to judge the value of a specific TESTING REQUIREMENT. I don't see anything above that would make you uniquely qualified in this subject. Again, code testing is not, and never has been, solely for the benefit of Amateur Radio (or operations in those bands). Therefore, the FCC is not going to judge the value of code testing based solely on Amateur Radio. You have to look at the larger picture, Larry. At this point, you're still too narrowly focused. Dwight Stewart (W5NET) http://www.qsl.net/w5net/ |
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