[Fists] ARRL Pacific Div. CW Survey Results

Sun, 1 Feb 2004 22:05:33 EST

Carl:

You sound like you're running for ARRL Section Manager, or your
Division's Director or Vice Director!  You've got the ARRL policy down
pat, that's for sure!  FB on the code training, though -- keep up the
good work.  Just keep in mind that the only thing that has ever had
any success at getting people to learn and use the Morse code has
been the code testing requirements for HF licensing.  That's a fact!

73 de Larry, K3LT

Lawrence J. Roll, K3LT
Dover, DE
FISTS 2008, CC 703
Member, ARRL
ARRL OBS DE Section
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In a message dated 02/01/2004 5:06:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
[email protected] writes:

<< From: Carl L Deaver <[email protected]>
 To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
 Subject: RE: [Fists] ARRL Pacific Div. CW Survey Results
 Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 09:30:52 -0500
 Organization: Deavertronics

 I was surprised that no one mentioned the removal of code requirements from 
 international treaties as a reason to remove the code requirement from the 
 F.F.C.'s requirements for operating privileges.
 For me, once the treaties removed the requirement, and other countries have 
 now removed the requirement in their FCC equivalents, I changed my mind and 
 think the F.C.C. should remove the requirement.
 I do enjoy C.W. and I do not want the band allocations to go away for C.W. 
 and digital modes. I do advocate people to learn C.W. and I would continue 
 to encourage new hams to learn it, even if it were not a requirement for 
 licensing. I have conducted a weekly two meter FM repeater mores code net 
 since April of 1997 and have helped many in the central Ohio area learn and 
 practice their code. I don't plan on stopping this net any time soon.

 Carl Deaver
 AA8YY
 Fist#2500
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