Steve wrote:

Careful Lew, some of those Ole Farts still lurk here in these groups. Some
place in this thread, we will soon hear some defense of the age old code
requirement.


Precisely why I made the comment.

HAM radio and its practitioners may have been a critical resource 55-60
years ago (WWII vintage); however, today HAM is an old dog that time has
passed by.

Today's real resource is an 8 year old kid who writes video games,
satellite tracking and some other interesting stuff the kids do today.

Time to put the old farts, including myself, out to pasture.

Lew