[KYHAM] New NO THEORY License class

[Anthony W. DePrato]

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well put i can agree with most of what you have said.. i still operate AM i 
have  8 classics stations i have restored and put on the air. what most do 
not stop to think about is 1. not all countries are dropping the cw . 
Russia is NOT. wonder why most of their hams have been and still are 
building their own gear.. most are still on cw. and a cw transmitter is the 
simplest transmitter to build from junk you can find anywhere.. we are 
letting ourselves become a world of simple appliance ops who can write 
software and depend on computers and sound cards to do everything else. how 
many can repair their own rig as compared to 20 yrs ago.. in Somerset KY a 
town of 30k there are 5 hams out of 200 who can do this and all but one are 
in our  50's what does that tell you ? ok now the big thing is to throw it 
away and buy another.. well the day will come when something big happens 
and you will not be able to buy another what do we do them.. use our theory 
and building skills we learned as we studied the theory to pass our ham 
test and the fun we had building that 1 tube reg receiver and 10 watt cw 
transmitter ? no most of those who are around then will be of the class who 
took the questions  with correct answers and put them to memory without 
even knowing what they were talking about.. sorry to say this is the norm.
73
Tony wa4jqs


>Like it or not, CW testing will become a thing of the past in most of the 
>world. This doesn't mean that it is a dead or obsolete mode (listen to the 
>number of people that still operate AM). It simply is no longer absolutely 
>necessary for routine communications. The "small bandwidth, poor 
>conditions" argument is being rapidly made obsolete by the newer digital 
>modes, as well. On the other hand, there should be some way to maintain 
>the CW segments of the bands for those who enjoy it and have proven at 
>least a basic level of ability. I think the proposal above accomplishes that.
>
>73,
>Martin, KF4EBC
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