[Boatanchors] No code

[Ray Friess]

I dont buy the numbers game as a reason to lower the standards.  If we 
are going to do that then lets just do away with EVERYTHING and we'll 
have all kinds of numbers ... and we'll sound JUST like the CB channels, 
and we'll have as much intelligence and courtesy as we find there.   But 
at least we'll have
large numbers of hams....     I can just hear it now on 20 meters...   
BREAKER BREAKER GOOD BUDDY OVER THERE IN ENGLAND AND ITALY ..... (beeep 
of the roger beep and LOTS of echo boards and other squealing and 
grunting sounds from the toy boards ... maybe the infamous "female 
orgasm sound effect" board the CBers like to install too)...

Wouldnt you just love it?   BUT at least we'll have the numbers....  and 
that's the MOST important thing.




Bob Wilder wrote:

> In the past couple of years I have worked several Novice and 
> Technician class stations on CW.  Granted they are slow but they are 
> accurate.  Most of the No Code license holders want to use CW if for 
> nothing more than they just wanted do it on their own.  It is just 
> like the days when I was Class "B" and finally got Advanced and when I 
> went onto 75 meters, I was scared to death that I would something 
> wrong.  We need numbers as only 0.224% of the US population are 
> licensed radio amateurs, or about 165,000 hams out of over 296,000,000 
> in the US.
>
> Bob  Wilder
> 6032 Idlemoore Court
> Theodore, AL 36582-4117
> 251-653-5274
> Asst USAF State MARS Director- Alabama
> Alabama State Training Director,AFA2HD
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