[CW] Japan to eliminate Morse Testing

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

I will continue to believe that Morse proficiency is a needed part of
amateur radio particularly HF radio communications and that for many -
including myself - I probably would have taken the easy way out and not
learned Morse if I were given the choice, but as has been said, when the
Morse operator is working Singapore and Viet Nam on Morse and I can't even
hear them on SSB, there is a motivation to change my skill level.

I recently learned American Morse and I challenge myself to copy various
recordings I have as well as the Morse KOB java application on the web *
http://home.comcast.net/~morsekob/*

It is always best to learn the whole alphabet and numbers before sending or
receiving and I haven't done this so it is frustrating.  I should practice a
bit more but I enjoy hearing the old press recordings click past my ears at
about 60 wpm.

With wire Morse there is no reason for it to be kept alive, but it still
exists.  With radio Morse, there is a use that it has that hasn't been
surpassed and it exists also.  The original idea was that "all" hf operators
would be able to understand Morse at least at a slow speed.

73

DR
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