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[Svante Nordenstroem]

It has to do with the same reason why booze was so much more in demand 
before you reach the legal age and why one sneaked in to movies when 
under-aged. In SM-land (where I come from) the govt. has always been 
telling us what to do and that made a lot of "opposition" amongst the 
young.

Now when the code is no longer a requirement, it suddenly becomes an 
interesting mode of communication as it is on a voluntary basis, not 
compulsory!

As a retired r/o from the merchant fleet, I have always seen cw as the 
preferred mode of communication and in contesting, I don't participate 
in the "karaoke-contests".

...-.-
Sam  HS0ZDY




Mike Besemer (WM4B) wrote:
> 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
>