[Elecraft] OT: VOA Article about Hams in India

[N2EY at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/5/2005 2:58:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, Daniel Reynolds <aa0ni at yahoo.com> writes:

>I think that as long as there is QRP, Elecraft, >kit building, and ham radio in
>general - there will always be CW (unless they >one day decide to make CW
>illegal.

I hope you're right. I also hope there is always a place for CW and home construction in ham radio. 

Outfits like Elecraft are helping to preserve CW by making really good build-it-yourself CW equipment available and affordable. 

>We still make kids learn how to write by hand with
>#2 pencils even though most American students have access to a computer and
>know how to use one. 

Also things like doing arithmetic by hand are *required learning*. 

Traditions and skills do not perpetuate themselves. Some folks, probably
quite well-meaning, seek to reduce the
qualifications for an amateur license even further.
In at least one case, a "no-code, no-homebrew" license has been proposed to FCC, with the additional requirement that the transmitter not
use voltages greater than 30! 

To save space, here are some links for those interested:

Proposal:

http://www.rrsta.com/rain/ncvec.html


Paper that preceded the proposal:

http://gahleos.obarr.net/messages/0002.html

Response to proposal (3 parts)

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.radio.amateur.policy/msg/1f29355163c4ed4e?dmode=source

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.radio.amateur.policy/msg/a0bb67064e87e3d8?dmode=source

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.radio.amateur.policy/msg/0fceb52701a89334?dmode=source

Related discussion off-reflector is invited.

73 de Jim, N2EY