[Elecraft] Morse test elimination

[Matthew D. Pitts]

Karl,

They want BPL equipment manufacturers to follow the rules just like we have 
to. They go to places where BPL Trials are in gross violation of FCC Part 
15, like Mannasas VA, Briarcliff Manor, NY, etc. Here is a link to an 
article on the ARRL website about the Motorola Powerline LV system being 
tested at W1AW, http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/08/29/1/ . I know 
about the Novice Refarming thing, but it was still the FCC that made the 
mistake in allocation, not the ARRL.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl Larsen" <k5di at zianet.com>
To: "Matthew D. Pitts" <mpitts at suite224.net>
Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Morse test elimination


> Matthew D. Pitts wrote:
>> Karl,
>>
>> Where do you get the idea that the ARRL is trying to kill BPL?
>    That is what the ARRL letters say they need my money for.
>> Aren't you aware of the fact that they are, or have been, testing a BPL 
>> system at W1AW?
>    They have been traveling to BPL sites and testing from Mobile Rigs.
>> As far as the recent changes to 75/80 meters, that was something the FCC 
>> screwed up on, not the ARRL.
>    Matt read the Report and order and you find it's the old ARRL Re-farm 
> the Novice Bands thing. It isn't bad. But they didn't get the bandwidth's 
> right. And the digital guys are mad.
>> And the ARRL has been opposed to the total elimination of the code test; 
>> they wanted at least for the code to be required for Extra Class. Don't 
>> give up teaching the code to people just because it's not required; it's 
>> still useful when all else fails.
>    I'm a Fox in the Fox Hunts and I run a local CW net. I like CW and I 
> will keep using it. But I'm 71 years old and my 3 mile walk is getting 
> harder.
>
> 72 73 Karl K5DI
>>
>> Matthew N8OHU
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Larsen" <k5di at zianet.com>
>> To: "VR2BrettGraham" <vr2bg at harts.org.hk>
>> Cc: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 7:52 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Morse test elimination
>>
>>
>>> Guys, the ARRL almost caused a revolt in FCC-Wireless. They were being 
>>> visited by ARRL people daily. They are lawyers and they are trying to 
>>> kill Internet on power lines, and push band planning and morse code 
>>> testing removal.
>>>
>>>    Then after they GOT the band plan they pushed it was discovered ARRL 
>>> goofed. They made too much space near the CW/Digital bands Extra Class. 
>>> But then wait. It will be simple to get a Extra Class license. No 20 WPM 
>>> send and receive, hard written stuff, it is just some multiple guess 
>>> questions now.
>>>
>>>    The ARRL keeps sending me mail which says they need big bucks to keep 
>>> the lawyers in Washington. Will I send a hundred bucks? I throw away to 
>>> letter.
>>>
>>>    All the fun I have had teaching code to people is over. My last 
>>> effort was fun because I had a 5 year old girl. She had little trouble 
>>> with the code, but she had not learned how to write down a Z or A.
>>>
>>>    So all this is over. Well I'm almost over too.
>>>
>>> 72 73 Karl K5DI
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> VR2BrettGraham wrote:
>>>> N8OHU added:
>>>>
>>>>> I'd rather say it's the "fault" of the ITU, if you want the truth. 
>>>>> They were
>>>>> the ones to let the code go back in 2003.
>>>>
>>>> Not quite - the ITU does what its members decide.
>>>>
>>>> And the end of Morse as licensing requirement
>>>> probably started with the JA no-code license -
>>>> the first ITU member that "found" a way to get
>>>> around the requirement.
>>>>
>>>> The amateur population in JA is now contracting,
>>>> but the effect of their no-code license was quite
>>>> positive on amateur radio in Japan when it was
>>>> introduced.
>>>>
>>>> The effect that had on equipment suppliers is
>>>> still obvious today.  I wonder what things would
>>>> be like now if there was no Incentive Licensing, or
>>>> if international opinion would have allowed dropping
>>>> the Morse requirement around that time? ;^)
>>>>
>>>> 73, VR2BrettGraham
>>>>
>>>
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