[CW] Dissing the ARRL

[Lawrence Makoski]

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rippey" <w3uls@3n.net>
To: <cw@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 3:04 PM
Subject: [CW] Dissing the ARRL


> I would like to ask the ARRL bashers what goal is being sought here?
>
> The pro-Morse-code argument on this web site can be reduced to a
demand
> that the Federal government continue a Morse testing requirement. In
other
> words, some CW ops want a federal bailout, just like many other
interest
> groups do, ranging from illegal immigrants to Dakota wheat growers.
>

Sorry, but no.  It's not about a bunch of CW ops "wanting a federal
bailout".  It's about a bunch of ops concerned about the lowering of
standards to the point where having an Amateur Radio license won't mean
anything, anymore.

73 de Larry W2LJ