On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 22:38:24 -0500, Geoff Schultz
wrote (with possible editing):

....snip

What a bunch of crap from the people who suggest that the code requirement
should be kept. Who ever uses it? Nobody! Listen to the frequencies and
how much code do you hear? Virtually none. Actually when I do hear it,
it's generally a one way transmission over the top of voice conversations.
It's an archiac form of communication that no one uses. To have the FCC
finally come to that conclusion emphasizes that point.

I think you must have a pretty lousy receiver, Geoff. I hear cw on
all bands. Frankly, just because YOU think it is obsolete, doesn't
make it so. It is by far, the simplest mode of transmission and any
technical radio guy could rig up a CW transmitter in an emergency. I
honestly don't think the same could be said of SSB or any of the other
modes.

I haven't made up my mind as to whether or not reading code should be
a requirement for some form of license, but it absolutely, in my
judgment, should not be eliminated.

It's the old guard who says "Well, if I had to learn it, every one should
learn it!" These are also the people who claim to have walked up-hill to
school (both ways) in 3 feet of snow...every day. That is unless it was
when it was 110 degrees and the locust were out.

Face up to the realities of today's communication. It isn't used and it's
not important.

From God's lips to your ear. Your opinion only. And my words are my
opinion only, although based on continuously holding an amateur
license from 1954 to present.
--

Larry W1HJF - Amateur Extra Class license holder.




-- Geoff
--

Larry
Email to rapp at lmr dot com