"N2EY" wrote in message
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In article .net, "KØHB"
writes:

"Dee D. Flint" wrote

And it has the unique characteristic that
you can't take advantage of it until you
have acquired a basic skill level.

Unique? What's unique about Morse in that regard. There is no mode
which
you can use without some basic skill level in that mode.

What's unique is that most people old enough to pass the amateur radio
license
exams do not already have Morse skills, and will have to learn Morse
skills in
order to use the mode. But the vast majority of those same people already
posess the skills to use other modes.

So what it comes down to is that a little serious skill-learning is
required to
use Morse on the air, except for a very few people who have learned Morse
elsewhere. I think that plain, simple fact bothers some of the most
vociferous
and abusive anti-code-test folks.

73 de Jim, N2EY

Excellent summary there, Jim. I think that is what many of us are trying to
say but not finding the right words.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE