[Qcwa] CW requirement

[Jim Wilhite]

Jeff:  What do you propose?  Do you have anything constructive?
Is the spark thing a proposal?  Since is has already been
regulated out so many years ago, why bring it back?  What is
being discussed is current and future legislation.  What do you
want to do?

73  Jim
de W5JO

> >
> Well, then shouldn't there be testing for knowledge and/or
proficiency
> of spark and
> other things that are "part of our heritage"?
>
> Ya know, it's funny. I was reading  _50 years of the ARRL_  the
past few
> days. And
> in in the 50's people were bitching about appliance operators.
Oh, and I
> might add,
> the relevancy of morse code. There was talk about "I wish the
ARRL would
> stop
> trying to force SSB down our throats." And a great wailing and
gnashing
> of teeth
> because Collins dropped their AM transmitter line. Go figure. I
guess
> part of the
> tradition of amateur radio is being a Luddite.
>
> Jeff
>