[CW] cw service

[Scott Rosenfeld [N7JI]]

The international committees don't believe it either.

It is completely unlikely that anyone will reinstitute 13 or 20 wpm 
testing.

It is likely that 5 wpm testing will go by the wayside.

  (let's be honest, how much fun is 5 wpm Morse anyway?)

It is similarly unlikely that the FCC will make on-off keying on the ham 
bands illegal (like MARS did - I still don't get that one).

It's just a shame that a valuable and very, very basic mode that can be 
used by everyone no longer is being considered as such.

Scott N7JI

On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, Larry wrote:

> We can argue all day about cw being important as a tool in an emergency and other benefits of cw  but the FCC does not believe this .The FCC just does not believe that cw is a skill that hams should have anymore and I would not be surprised to see all cw testing pass away someday, and it may not be to far in the future. Does anyone think the FCC is going to change their minds and reinstate cw testing at 20wpm or even 13wpm? I doubt it. Its a waste of time to argue about the need for cw etc, because the powers that be think otherwise.We who use cw should just enjoy the mode and the fun we have with it and hope the FCC retains some parts of the bands for cw.
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