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![]() "Dee D. Flint" wrote: (snip) Again keep in mind that I have said Morse is necessary. While I happen to believe that testing should be maintained that is NOT the point I am debating at this time and you keep trying to drag it back to testing. I am stating that Morse code itself is necessary. We wouldn't be having this discussion if it were not for the code testing debate, Dee. That is why this mode is being discussed as opposed to some other mode or discussions about the weather. I've acknowledged that Morse code is enjoyable, entertaining, useful, and perhaps even necessary for you to make some of the contacts you want to make. But we're not just talking about you or the contacts you want to make. Your communications are recreational or avocational in nature, not a necessity. And, as long as your communications are not necessary, your use of Morse code in those communications is not necessary. This brings us back to the code testing debate. If Morse code is not necessary to meet the goals and purposes of the Amateur Radio Service today, Morse code testing should be eliminated. The _use_ of Morse code not an issue here. You will still be able to use that mode when you find it necessary to make the contacts you want. Others will still be able to learn code if they want. But the test itself, as a license requirement, should end. Dwight Stewart (W5NET) http://www.qsl.net/w5net/ |
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In article .net, "Dwight
Stewart" writes: "Dee D. Flint" wrote: (snip) Again keep in mind that I have said Morse is necessary. While I happen to believe that testing should be maintained that is NOT the point I am debating at this time and you keep trying to drag it back to testing. I am stating that Morse code itself is necessary. We wouldn't be having this discussion if it were not for the code testing debate, Dee. That is why this mode is being discussed as opposed to some other mode or discussions about the weather. I've acknowledged that Morse code is enjoyable, entertaining, useful, and perhaps even necessary for you to make some of the contacts you want to make. But we're not just talking about you or the contacts you want to make. Your communications are recreational or avocational in nature, not a necessity. And, as long as your communications are not necessary, your use of Morse code in those communications is not necessary. Dwight, amateur radio is a SERVICE...to the nation in times of need and "everyone knows" that ONLY morse code can get through when nothing else can, ergo it is "necessary" to have it. That's why all the other public safety and distress-emergency communications users and providers still use morse code. This brings us back to the code testing debate. If Morse code is not necessary to meet the goals and purposes of the Amateur Radio Service today, Morse code testing should be eliminated. The _use_ of Morse code not an issue here. You will still be able to use that mode when you find it necessary to make the contacts you want. Others will still be able to learn code if they want. But the test itself, as a license requirement, should end. The TEST and the USE cannot be separated, Dwight. It is "necessary" to keep the test forever and ever so that there will be this "pool of trained operators (in CW)" to help earth survive on the next invasion of spacefaring aliens. :-) LHA |
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![]() "Len Over 21" wrote: (snip) The TEST and the USE cannot be separated, Dwight. It is "necessary" to keep the test forever and ever so that there will be this "pool of trained operators (in CW)" to help earth survive on the next invasion of spacefaring aliens. LOL. Those darn aliens have had their eyes on Earth for some time now. Luckily, CW keeps us well prepared for any stunt they might try. I've even heard of a secret Air Force project to study the effects of CW on captured aliens. ;-) Dwight Stewart (W5NET) http://www.qsl.net/w5net/ |
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In article .net, "Dwight
Stewart" writes: "Len Over 21" wrote: (snip) The TEST and the USE cannot be separated, Dwight. It is "necessary" to keep the test forever and ever so that there will be this "pool of trained operators (in CW)" to help earth survive on the next invasion of spacefaring aliens. LOL. Those darn aliens have had their eyes on Earth for some time now. Luckily, CW keeps us well prepared for any stunt they might try. I've even heard of a secret Air Force project to study the effects of CW on captured aliens. ;-) ...probably at "Area 51." :-) I just hope everyone in "the pool" can stand all the chlorine necessary to keep it sanitary... :-) For anyone wanting serious thinking (a novel concept in here), there's always Brooks AFB in San Antonio, the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine. So far, the folks at Brooks haven't touched on aliens, not even the green-card types. LHA |
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"Len Over 21" wrote:
I just hope everyone in "the pool" can stand all the chlorine necessary to keep it sanitary... :-) For anyone wanting serious thinking (a novel concept in here), there's always Brooks AFB in San Antonio, the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine. So far, the folks at Brooks haven't touched on aliens, not even the green-card types. As for the chlorine, you might want to poke around Northeastern Utah and Southeastern Idaho. The Defense Department in that area has been hiring a lot of people with biology and chemistry degrees over the last decade or so. Considering the number of job listings, I cannot help but wonder what they're up to. Dwight Stewart (W5NET) http://www.qsl.net/w5net/ |
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