[QCWA] FCC Drops Morse

[WA2ARS at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/16/2006 1:24:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
jangus at socal.rr.com writes:

> newsline at ix.netcom.com wrote:
> 
> >With all due respect, I submit that today is not the
> >"day the music died.".
> >
> I have to go with Bill on this one.

 Same here
  Mort-WA2ARS 

> 
> The point everyone misses is that unlike Spark Gap technology, NOBODY
> has suggested arresting anyone caught sending morse code.
> 
> What it means is that the proficient use of Morse code is no longer an out-
> dated requirement for an FCC license grant. When the ONLY technology
> out there was sending code, yes, it made sense. When the majority of
> equipment out there was code only, yes, it made sense. When a majority
> of commercial and government radio applications required proficiency at
> sending and receiving morse code, yes, it made sense.
> 
> Just like driving a car and getting a driver's license, they no longer 
> require
> you to know how to hand crank a Model T, nor expect you to know which
> end of a horse to put the hay in. Of course, with SOME of the drivers I
> have to deal with in Los Angeles, an artificial barrier like that would be a
> "Good Thing(tm)".
> 
> Morse Code, and the proficiency to send and receive it will ALWAYS be
> an important heritage of Amateur radio. It just isn't the ONLY way any
> more.
> 
> Jeff
> wa6fwi
> Who after upgrading to a "voice also" license in 1968 STILL enjoys being
> able to send and receive (albeit badly) morse code.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin
> "A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
> Tara Morice as Fran, from the movie "Strictly Ballroom"
> 
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