[CW] cw service

Wed, 9 Jul 2003 16:48:20 -0700

 I had visions of a seperate section of the bands that we use set aside for
those who not only passed the Extra but also passed the CW exam at 30wpm.
Not any different than not being able to use certain freqs. on the bands
until you had passed the novice, general etc. etc.

It only took me a few micro seconds before I realized the FCC would refer to
me as an elitist swine not fit for human comsumption and I abandoned the
idea

Larry L. Ravlin  AKA "Laurence the Magnificent"
[email protected]
Walterville, Or.
Ham Operator Extra class AA7LR @ 20WPM
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----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Rosenfeld [N7JI] <[email protected]>
To: Larry <[email protected]>
Cc: CW LIST <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [CW] cw service

> 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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> > ootc
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