policy-ham wrote:
Found on qrz.com. The ARRL now only wants only no code hams. And as
for the rest of us?

W1AW Special Event, Midnight Exam Sessions to Mark New Amateur Rules

NEWINGTON, CT, Feb 9, 2007 -- As new Amateur Radio Service rules phase
in Friday, February 23, eliminating the Morse code requirement, Hiram
Percy Maxim Memorial Station W1AW will mark the milestone with a
weekend-long special event. In addition, a number of Central
Connecticut volunteer examiners will be on hand at ARRL Headquarters
-- both before and after the new rules become effective at 12:01 AM
EST -- to offer Amateur Radio examinations under both the current and
new rules. ARRL Regulatory Information Specialist Dan Henderson, N1ND,
is helping to coordinate the celebration. He says Headquarters staff
and other volunteers will keep W1AW active for the "Welcome Weekend"
event.
...

ph:

Since 1995 the hand writing on the wall spelled out the doom of CW.

However, the sheer momentum which was built up by the dyed-in-wool
hardcore CW'ers carried it on. Time and time again resurrected it from
its' tomb and breathed life anew in CWs' brittle bones.

The arrl, being the professional politicians (or, as I like to refer to
ALL politicians--public butt lickers) they are, make the proper noises
and finally let lose the grip they had on the dead and bony fingers of
CW. However, don't be fooled. They only do so because even they have
woken to the fact there will be no resurrecting CW another time and do
not wish their true motives to be seen in the light of day. Now they
seek to shore up the old and ancient myths and class systems which has
made amateur radio a good ole boys club and placed it under their control.

Beware, the future will only bring more stealth, deception and
disinformation from the arrl as they seek to maintain the status quo on
what is left of their control freak, class system and good ole boys club
which they have established for amateur radio. They need to have their
dead old fingers pried from its' death grip they maintain on amateur radio.

JS