[Elecraft] CW in Emergencies?

[N2EY at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/6/05 12:35:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
jwiley at alaska.net writes:


> Yes Craig, and each and very one of those guys passed a code test!   

They also passed at least one, and usually several, written tests that
specifically included the regulations. Yet they broke the rules anyway.


Yes 
> 
> indeedy, that ole' Morse code sure does serve as a mighty fine filter to 
> keep the riff raff out. 
> 


Apply the same logic to the written test. Should the writtens be eliminated 
too, since they're not a perfect "riff-raff filter" either?

And note this:

What mode are those folks using on 75 meters? It sure isn't Morse Code?

Tune down to the low ends of the bands and see if you can find the same
behaviors from hams using Morse Code.

Read the FCC enforcement letters (ARRL website is one source) and see what 
mode most of the alleged violators use. It's not Morse Code, and the disparity 
is
not explained by the relative popularity of the modes.

73 de Jim, N2EY