[CW] Licensing?

[KA8VIT]

I work a number of old-timers on CW.

A few have told me they can no longer work fone.  Too
hard to hear.

But, the one continued, on CW, I can tune for a pitch I
can hear and then crank the volume.

His fist (yes, a straight key) was still like Kentucky
Whiskey.

72/73,

Bill  KA8VIT

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On 7/25/2005 at 11:10 AM John/K4WJ wrote:


>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.


Bill Chaikin, KA8VIT
USS COD Amateur Radio Club - W8COD
WW2 Submarine USS COD SS-224 (NECO)

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