[Elecraft] NY Times story on end of morse requirement (withneatphotos famous hams)

[Larry Phipps]

As you may know, the writers generally have no control over the 
headlines, so blame some assistant editor somewhere you shall remain 
nameless.

Larry N8LP



Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> I found the headlines totally misleading, but the stuff that sells papers. 
>
> Morse Code: A Fading Signal
>
> It may be the ultimate S O S - Morse Code is in distress
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> An accurate headline would have been:
>
> FCC Ends Morse Code Testing for U.S. Hams
>
> Morse Code Still Popular Throughout International Ham Community
>
> -----------------------
>
> But those heads don't sell papers, especially to the general public audience
> of the NY Times. 
>
> Other than that, I also found the article nicely done.
>
>
> Ron (Forget the headline, what's the story?) AC7AC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> An excellent article.  The first sentence says a lot for us.
>
> "The language of dots and dashes has been the lingua franca of amateur 
> radio, a vibrant community of technology buffs and hobbyists who have 
> provided a communications lifeline in emergencies and disasters. "
>
> David
> G3UNA
>
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