[SOC] (no subject)

Sun Jan 4 16:47:01 EST 2009

Sandy et al,

I'm an OT too, but please allow me to point out that the FCC did not
ELIMINATE Morse Code as a form of communications.  They just eliminated the
requirement to demonstrate proficiency.  CW is still alive and well, and I
believe it always will be... as long as the DXers are around anyway.  

The strange thing is, every No-Code Tech I know of (and there are a lot
around this area) are all working to become KNOW-Code Techs.  I credit that
to a lot of Elmering by local hams, but I know that doesn't exist in a lot
of places as it seems to here.

I'd like to see the CW requirement come back... at least for Amateur Extra.
I'd also like to see the written tests rewritten to actually test knowledge
that is USEFUL to hams.  (How many of you have actually needed to know
Voltage-to-Current phase angle differentials while working on ham gear?  I
was a RADAR tech in the Air Force for 24 years and never cared about phase
angles, with the exception of motor 'start-capacitors'.  You just can't TEST
anything in only 35 (or so) questions, so let's put the TEST back in
TESTING.  I know there are a lot of guys in this area that took a good deal
of Elmering before they were 'ready for prime-time'.

BTW, I'm certainly not knocking anybody who got their ticket the
'new-fangled way'.  The requirements are what the requirements are... we all
earned our tickets based on that.  When I got my Extra, I got an 'Instant
Upgrade' (Interim CG), but still had to drive 4 hours one-way to Chicago to
appear before 'the man'.

BTW... I've noticed that every FCC examiner I appeared before looked like
Sgt Joe Friday from Dragnet.  Anybody else have the same recollection?

73,

Mike
WM4B

> -----Original Message-----
> From: soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Sandy
> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 10:06 AM
> To: Art - W6KY; Second Class Operators' Club
> Subject: Re: [SOC] (no subject)
> 
> I can't contain myself!
> 
> The elimination of the Morse requirement was stupid and "Politically
> Correct"!  The FCC gave in to the whining crybabies who said it was
> "impossible" for them to learn!  They did the same thing when whining
> broadcast station owners pressured them to eliminate the First Class
> Radiotelephone license and subsequently "deregulated" Radio and TV
> broadcasting standards!  Just tune around and note the total lack of
> "VU"
> levels from the different stations!  Also the lack of "news" on the
> news
> broadcasts giving up time to endless commercials.  No wonder!  The FCC
> isn't
> run by engineers anymore, but is commanded by lawyers and "bean
> counters"
> who know really nothing about telecommunications!
> 
> No one had to struggle to learn Morse any more than I did both as a
> schoolboy and an adult.  In spite of this, I managed to earn  (when the
> FCC
> gave the tests!) a Second Class Radiotelephone, Second Class Ship
> Radiotelegraph and Amateur Extra licenses.  Two of the three virtually
> "eliminated" now and the last "degraded".  Don't tell me these whining
> babies CAN'T learn AT LEAST 5 words per minute of Morse!!!  BULLS**T!
> 
> I won't be surprised one day if you don't get a concise FCC application
> form
> with your new radio.  Send this in with a proof of purchase bar code
> and
> they will issue you a general license!
> 
> Future amateurs will eventually curse us "old timers" for allowing the
> FCC
> to eliminate one of the most simplistic and unique forms of
> communication
> yet devised:  Telegraphic Morse Code!
> 
> 73 to all,
> 
> Sandy W5TVW
> 
> "Still pounding the key"
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Art - W6KY" <w6ky at yahoo.com>
> To: "Second Class Operators' Club" <soc at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 9:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [SOC] (no subject)
> 
> 
> 
> Allow me to correct your eMail:
> NO MORE CODE? WELL REAL HAMS KNOW THAT CW IS THE WAY IT IS. SEPARATES
> THE
> MEN FROM THE KIDS. HI LONG LIVE CW.. KIDS PLAY WITH THEIR MICROPHONES.
> HELLO
> TEST 12345. QRZ ?
> 
> W6KY SOC
> ________________________________
> From: "K1LWI at aol.com" <K1LWI at aol.com>
> To: soc at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Saturday, January 3, 2009 12:36:51 PM
> Subject: [SOC] (no subject)
> 
> NO MORE CODE WELL REAL HAMS KNOW CW THAT THE WAY IT IS MENS FROM THE
> KIDS HI
> LONG LIVE CW. KIDS PLAY WITH THERE MIC12345 TEST QRZ ?
> 
> K1LWI SOC 622
> 73
> 
> 
> 
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