Obviously you have no HF receiving capability and likely just as much
interest,
and just choose to adopt the standard NCI mantra. An even cursury tuning
across
the lower end of any low HF band any evening will show to be 180
degrees out
of phase with reality.


well, I have an HF rig, many of my local ham friends have them. We do in
fact hear CW signals on the lower parts of the HF bands; I sometimes
participate and make contacts, recieving and transmitting CW.

It's a relative comparison here that matters; and it is as follows. A
growing
percentage of the HF spectrum is being used by VOICED contacts,
and a shrinking percentage is being used for CW. That is one of the
primary reasons that the band allocations were changed recently and
some of the lower CW/data subbands were shrunk and the balance
given to the upper portions being used by voice contacts.


You do know about phase relationships don't you?

DON'T YOU??

well, he's demonstrated it. You haven't.
Or, at least not an unbiased one anyway.


Therefore, code testing is not
essential to the Amateur Radio Service.

Exactly.

Quite an opinion you have there, Dwight. Too bad it's not accurate nor
anywhere near universally shared among other hams,

Yes. I'm afraid it is.
That's why there is a growing voice and ever strengthening push, year after
year, to eliminate the CW testing requirement.

You do listen to the knews, DON'T YOU?

Clint
KB5ZHT