Bill Sohl wrote:
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Given that you (Len) believe morse is NOT operating
radio, would it be your desire to see morse banned
as a mode of use by amateurs?

He'd *love* it of couse.

They (amateur morsemen) will leap and embrace the
slightest thing that makes morse "better" than any other
mode. :-)

I don't see anything in the morse win over text
messaging that suggests that. The morse win over
text messaging was a specific comparison only.
The win did not prove nor did I see any amateur
in this newsgroup suggest that the win showed
that morse was "better than any other mode."

It was an enjoyable stunt pulled together by the show's producers and
nothing more and none of us "Morsemen" have taken it any further
either. He's taking the leap simply to generate dissention. Which is
normal behavior on his part and is the only reason he lurks in this NG.
..

Yes, I've been around
this newsgroup long enough to know that there is
a handful (or at least was at one time) of hams that
might have held such "morse is better than any other
mode" perspective, but I think the issue has
ckarified significantly in recent years to the point that
the issue is the TEST and only the test for most
hams.

Of course and I'm one of those. The sky will not fall if eventually
nocode Extras show up on the bands and I suspect that most if not all
us PCTAs hold the same view. At no point thru the years have I for one
ever made any all-inclusive statements like "Morse being better than
any other mode", this nonsense is 100% of his making to serve his own
strange purposes.

As such, I applaud the morse win over Text
messaging because it was a good opportunity to
get some publicity for ham radio. Will text messaging
always be second (speed wise) to morse...who knows,
but without a full keyboard for entry, I suspect it
will be...but maybe someday there will be telepathic
input of text at which point all bets are off :-) :-)

Definitely off!

Cheers and congrats again to the morse winners.
Bill K2UNK

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