[CW] FCC ELIMINATING MORSE CODE EXAM REQUIREMENTS

[Ed Tanton]

No problem Bill. I do not particularly blame the ARRL for this. I 
consider it to primarily be a reflection of our society as a whole 
softening-down, dumbing-down, and just basically lazying-down 
overall. Our society in general subscribes to: if Instant 
Gratification is blocked by the rules, change them. If blocked by the 
work required, just reduce or remove it. Not to be a doom-and-gloom 
prophet, but we're bringing it on ourselves.

Enough of this-by me, anyway.

For myself, I will continue to use CW as long as it is remotely 
possible. If I eventually have to fire up the QRO to be able to 
communicate, I'll do it, but COMMUNICATE BY CW I ***will*** do. And 
I'll tell you this: I guarantee I will manage to communicate whether 
or not a voice station walks all over me and my QSO-partner. One 
thing you can say for CW is that, when combined with a good 
communications receiver and a better-than-average DSP audio filter, 
we will win every time if forced into a head-to-head situation. I 
will never intentionally interfere with anyone-but if I was there 
first, I'll be very much inclined to stay on a frequency I occupied 
first. We'll all be getting better at copying through QRM.

And by the way, next to go will be the exclusive sub-bands. Wait and see.

At 10:31 PM 12/15/2006, William Ellis wrote:
>Sorry for the excessive bandwidth.
>
>Bill, WB9CAC

72/73 Ed Tanton N4XY <n4xy at earthlink.net>
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