[CW] losing prestige

[Abqcooks@aol.com]

"""He found out that I was a ham and was telling me that
once he had a little time to himself he was going to get his ticket and learn
the code.  When I told him about how things were changing and that the demise
of the code as a testing feature was looming, he seemed quite disappointed.
The hobby seemed to lose some of its prestige for him.""""
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I have gotten the same type of response at the 
Community College where I work.  
I have had students who were curious about Amateur
Radio and asked me about licensing. When I explained
that it was now getting easier all the time to get
a ticket they were not too interested as I assume
it sounds just like CB to them.       jim