You forgot the most important part....
How about helping out the rest of the world in emergencies?

After any disaster, the first comunications out of the effected area comes
from hams. NOHA gets a lot of there hurricane information from hams in the
affected area. Sometimes while the ham op is in the middle of it.

When all else fails...we are there!!!!
Been there, done that
Joe


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Removing the code requirement at this late date would do little to
increase the number of hams applying for a license. At one time,
possibly 30 years ago it would have made sense to replace the code test
with one that emphasizes skills that actually have a use in the real
world. Sadly, I think that there is little that can be done to attract
younger hams into the hobby. There are just too many license-free ways
of communicating with people from around the world.


Amateur Radio is about much more than "communicating with people from
around the
world".

Amateur Radio is about LEARNING !!! LEARNING some physics, learning
about
sunspots, learning about antennas, learning about propagation, learning
about
some electronics, learning about digital communication techniques,
learning
about VHF propagation, learning about microwaves, learning about wide band
tv
systems, learning about narrow band tv systems, learning about ... [you
complete
the phrase].

If you just want to talk around the world, use CB. If you just want to
talk
around town, use FRS. If you want to LEARN about radio become an Amateur
Radio
operator [make a commitment to LEARN].

/s/ DD, W1MCE

wrote:

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 17:53:09 -0500, Dave wrote:


wrote:

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http://kb9rqz.blogspot.com/


Mark, this is one of many references to your blogspot. What are you trying to say?

what ever I like
http://kb9rqz.blogspot.com/


FLIP answer. Tnx for nothing.

wrote:

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Amateur Radio is about LEARNING !!! LEARNING some physics, learning about
sunspots, learning about antennas, learning about propagation, learning about
some electronics, learning about digital communication techniques, learning
about VHF propagation, learning about microwaves, learning about wide band tv
systems, learning about narrow band tv systems, learning about ... [you complete
the phrase].

I notice none of the things you list is Morse Code

If you just want to talk around the world, use CB. If you just want to talk
around town, use FRS. If you want to LEARN about radio become an Amateur Radio
operator [make a commitment to LEARN].

/s/ DD, W1MCE

http://kb9rqz.blogspot.com/


I can still put 18-20 wpm on paper [with arthritis in fingers] and read 25+ wpm.

What is your skill level?

Your name wrote in
:

Slow Code wrote in news:76c0h.19656$UG4.15739
@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net:

well the real easy answer to that question and the only one needed is:
NO.


Good, we should keep the requirement then, because it has kept a
lot of Bad people out of ham radio.

SC

wrote in
oups.com:


Slow Code wrote:
Opus- wrote in
:

Don't you have some offs to ****?



Why do no-coders always break down in the middle of an argument and
start spewing profanities? I just don't understand it. It must be do
to their limited mental abilities.

Opus being a Cannuk probably doesn't help either.

SC

Removing the code requirement at this late date would do little to
increase the number of hams applying for a license. At one time,
possibly 30 years ago it would have made sense to replace the code test
with one that emphasizes skills that actually have a use in the real
world. Sadly, I think that there is little that can be done to attract
younger hams into the hobby. There are just too many license-free ways
of communicating with people from around the world.



Good, we should keep the requirement then, because it has kept a
lot of Bad people of the bands. It's my way or the Freeway.

SC

Dave wrote in
:

wrote:

SNIPPED

http://kb9rqz.blogspot.com/


Mark, this is one of many references to your blogspot. What are you
trying to say?


Don't try to figure it out Dave, you'll just get a headache.

SC

In article .com,
wrote:

Snip off topic crapola

Quite frankly I'm tired of seeing posts arguing about the amateur code
requirement in rec.radio.shortwave so I'm kill filing everyone in the
thread or any other thread with that subject from now on.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Telamon wrote:
In article .com,
wrote:

Snip off topic crapola

Quite frankly I'm tired of seeing posts arguing about the amateur code
requirement in rec.radio.shortwave so I'm kill filing everyone in the
thread or any other thread with that subject from now on.
so do it and stop whing about it

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Slow Code wrote:

. It's my way or the Freeway.
nope but you are free to take the freeway and hopely either leave Ham
radio or grow up and try to ACT like an adult

SC

"Telamon" wrote in message
...
In article .com,
wrote:

Snip off topic crapola

Quite frankly I'm tired of seeing posts arguing about the amateur code
requirement in rec.radio.shortwave so I'm kill filing everyone in the
thread or any other thread with that subject from now on.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

A-men.......... Bro! It's not getting anyone anywhere. Just tying up
bandwidth and making the groups BORING. I've killfiled more people than I
think the computer can keep track of. DAMNED. We'll be talking to ourselves
pretty soon.