[1000mp] FT1000MP Key Clicks

[Pete Smith]

At 05:34 PM 12/31/02 -0800, Adam Farson wrote:
>There is a strong chance that WRC-2003 or WRC-2006 will repeal S25.5 (the
>requirement for Morse code proficiency as a precondition for access to the
>amateur bands below 30 MHz). If this does occur, and the FCC does not
>footnote the requirement back in for the US, it is highly likely that within
>5 to 10 years of the change there will be precious little, if any, CW
>activity left on the HF amateur bands. The whole question of key-clicks will
>then become more or less irrelevant.

I'm skeptical about this.  Sailboats have been impractical, not required 
etc. for a hundred years, but somehow people seem to go on 
sailing.  Sailors still appreciate good sailing when they see it.

73, Pete N4ZR
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