[CW] QRM and Technician License Expansion

[Ron Youvan]

   Bruce N7RR Prior wrote:

> 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.

   Club members kept asking me why I didn't upgrade from novice to
general I asked: why, they said: for HF privileges.
I told them I have 80, 40, 15 & 10 meters, more frequencies than I
need.  After 17 3/4 years I upgraded to Tech+ to gain 2 & 6 meters.
After 17 3/4 years I upgraded to Extra to be able to work DX.
I was only interested in cw, I was allowed 250 watts (75 to start with)
and I only had 100 Watts.
-- 
   Ron  KA4INM - Youvan's corollary:
                 Every action results in unwanted side effects.