Dropping the code requirement for HF will give QST advertisers a larger market
to sell more overpriced whiz bang rigs.

By the way... If a person only just memorizes the code, he/she will be able to
copy 5 wpm. There are only about 40 characters involved, including required
specials.

Which reminds me... At a Red Cross drill, some guy was telling my late wife,
N5GIN (Tech Plus), that he couldn't seem to learn the code. Then he said
something to her about her smoking would damage her brain.

She told him that she learned the code and got her ham ticket, even after
having a mild stroke at that. So what was his excuse? Hi hi!

Bill, K5BY