[ARRL-OK] To CW or Not to CW, Is that the question?

[Mark D. Conklin N7XYO]

I hope all of you have been coping Coy Day N5OK (e-mail:  n5ok@arrl.org  )
with all your coments.  The ARRL board needs your thoughts.

Here is what I sent:

Hi Coy,

Here is my two cents.  Many of the new and younger folks coming into the
hobby do NOT see any need for morse code.  They are the internet generation
and the future of ham radio.  They have been able to send a message around
the world in an instant all thier lives with out morse code.

Many of them would love to get into HF, but see no need for the code.  I
see a lot of the age gap in the hobby.  Older hams with codes skills and on
HF and younger with no desire to learn code and are expermenting on 6M and
up.

Want to grow the hobby?  Look to the younger hams, and encourage them.

I know there are strong feelings either way. Yet I am looking forward and
the elimination of morse code would spur the growth of our hobby.

Thank you,

Mark Conklin N7XYO
OK-SEC PIC