[CW] Our Position on Morse Requirement

Mon, 28 Jul 2003 00:20:44 -0400

You're right Jim,

I know a few that just upgraded from the Technician license that they've
held for 20 years, and got their Extra.  They have HF access - and all the
frequencies that I have.

They didn't like the code when they were Technicians and don't like it now.

But they DO have all the HF access that I do and they still want to
eliminate the cw requirement for hf.

Good point!

73

DR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Glover" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 11:47 PM
Subject: Re: [CW] Our Position on Morse Requirement

> > 3) Those who are pushing for HF privileges, without having to put in the
> > effort to pass a morse test, will get both digital and phone privileges.
>
> This point is stated as if founded on an inaccurate, unwarranted
> assumption, that the people who support no-code HF access are composed
> primarily of those who have not yet attained HF privileges, and that
> their motivation is based on hopes of avoiding "the effort to pass a
> morse test."
>
> I hope you will not present this as any sort of consensus.  It is bad
> enough when individual hams speak as if they believe that the no-code
> faction is composed of nothing other than no-code technicians and
> non-licensees who are motivated by a lazy desire to avoid work.  It
> would be even more injurious to the health of the ham community if
> this sort of insult were presented as the consensus of the CW-loving
> faction.
>
> Many who support the elimination of the requirement for Morse testing
> for HF access already have HF access, and/or genuinely believe that it
> simply is not in the amateur radio service's best interests to continue
> to require Morse testing for HF access.  These people do not deserve
> to be dismissed as a bunch of wanna-be's who wanna-be without effort.
>
> 73,
> Jim  WB5UDE
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