In article k.net, "Dwight
Stewart" writes:

Other than code, what skills or knowledge of technology
can be found in the pro-code crowd that cannot be found among the no-code
crowd?

Dwight,

Good question!

Here's one answer:

How many hams do you know who have designed, built and operate homebrew
stations? Not kits, not partly home-made, not with homebrew accessories, but
100% built-from-scratch amateur radio receivers, transmitters, transceivers,
antennas, power supplies, etc.?

One of the oft-repeated claims has been that the code tests kept out
"technically inclined" individuals. At least one NCTA (Vshah101) has claimed
that "no self-respecting EE would use CW". Etc.

Yet what kind of equipment are these "technically inclined" individuals
actually using on the air? If/when FCC dumps Element 1, will we see a lot more
homebrew HF stations?

73 de Jim, N2EY