[GreenKeys] Re: FCC to drop Morse Code requirement

[Don Robert House]

Ah Wayne ye are a good mon.

Don


On 17 Dec 2006, at 5:56 PM, Teletypeparts at aol.com wrote:

Good news or Bad news?

I have worked in the commercial end of broadcast maintenance (TV, FM  
and MW)
for 30 years or so and always wanted to get an amateur license.  It was
learning the code that always seemed to get in my way.  I finally got  
my Technician
license about 6 years ago.  Then passed Element 3 test last  
February.  Only
the code to go.

This summer,  thanks to the generousity of friends, I have a nice  
Kenwood TS
520S on my desk and 3 band dipole antenna installed.  Also a 32 ASR  
and Hal ST
5000 wired in (receive only so far).  Ready to get on air as soon as  
I pass
the code test.  Now, after 9 months of study (not consistantly, I  
admit), I
know the code, but not fast enough to try the test yet.

If I get to upgrade my license to General without taking the code  
test, I
still plan to use the code where allowed, if I can find someone with  
the patience
to go as slow as me.

Maybe the dropping of code requirement will benefit me and others,  
but hope
that it is still widely used by those who know it.

Wayne
KB1FDW
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