[CW] QRM and Technician License Expansion

[Bruce Prior]

Granting some limited HF voice and digital privileges to Technicians is long overdue. The problem is that Technicians and higher-class licensees seldom talk to each other, either on the air or in person.

After they get a taste for HF operating and new activities like SOTA and POTA, many Technicians may upgrade to General Class. The General Class test is not markedly more difficult than the Technician one, but many Technicians don't feel motivated to make that move because they haven't experienced the thrill of HF operating. Remember that General Class operators have access to all Amateur Radio bands. Only on 80 m, 40 m, 20 m and 15 m do Amateur Extra Class operators have more spectrum than Generals do. Some of those new Generals may then become curious about that CW thing. As long as they learn Morse code by sound rather than by those pesky dot-dash charts, they will progress quickly into the CW world.

73,
Bruce Prior N7RR
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