"William" wrote in message
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PAMNO (N2EY) wrote in message
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The important question is, who is the best judge of what the
requirements
should be? The newcomer or the experienced ham?
73 de Jim, N2EY
Jim, many experienced amateurs have spoken agains the continued use of
the Morse Code as a filter. You ignore them, or say they must be
wrong. Luckily, hams don't decide, necomer or otherwise. The FCC
does, and they see merit in the reasonable arguments put forth by
those experienced hams.
Best of Luck
Please post the URLs of the surveys to back up your claim. How "many?" Is
it a majority or is it just a vocal minority?
So far the FCC has done nothing with the innumerable petitions nor have the
acted unilaterally to implement the change now allowed by the international
treaty. At this point it is premature to say that the FCC sees merit in
either side of the question.
Any intelligent person doesn't consider it a filter. It is simply a useful
element of ham radio that should be maintained. Some of the people against
using it as a filter are for keeping it as a part of the ham's required
knowledge.
Dee D. Flint, N8UZE