[CW] Licensing?

[John/K4WJ]

At 10:50 PM 07/24/2005, Steve-W0OOW wrote:
>Let's see now...
>Airlines with no testing for pilots.
>Buses with no testing for drivers.
>No auto or truck or motorcycle licensing.
>No police exams.
>No politician testing - wait, sorry, we already have that one.
>No requirements for the FCC - we can start our own.
>No testing - no failure.

No test is required for CW in order to prove proficiency. I know guys 
that passed the test and can't send worth a dime.  My buddy Ted, 
K6YN, was licensed before just about all of us were born. He turned 
100 on April 30th. He never was required to take a CW test when he 
applied for an amateur radio license. He only took a written exam. A 
CW test was not part of the amateur test requirements back then.

Now at his age his fist leaves a lot to be desired but he is in there 
pounding brass.

So it looks like the amateur licensing process will go full circle 
when the FCC makes it ruling.

Let the newbies hear what good CW sounds like by SENDING good CW. 
Properly formed characters with proper spacing between them is a lot 
easier to copy then some of the banana sounding fists I hear on the 
air. Some guys mangle the code in the process of trying to make their 
fists sound unique.

Oh well, CU on the air.

73..de John/K4WJ
73..de John/K4WJ
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