[CW] nice move ARRL

[Thomas Beaudry]

>> Saying that BPL is more important than CW is nuts.  What is the point
>> in saving the amateur bands if what is left cannot be enjoyed 
>> anyway???
>>   They are equally important.
>
> I disagree.
>
> All it takes is a quick listen to the W1RFI video to know that if BPL 
> is
> deployed widely, most of us will have to dale with S9++ noise levels 
> on all bands
> 160-6. And probably higher due to harmonics.
>
> We cannot be sure that the same thing will happen if the code test is
> dropped. Particularly the CW/data subbands.

Which is why we should start fighting now to make sure nothing bad does 
happen.  If we wait until it becomes obvious, it may well be too late.  
The people that want to do away with the Morse test and the CW/data 
sub-bands are already fighting for it.  It's much easier to squash 
before it reaches the stage of the FCC issuing an NPRM.  (Which is why 
I'm not buying the ARRL's "we've got plenty of time" crap.)

-- 
Thomas M. Beaudry
k8la / ys1ztm
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