"MailfrmPA" wrote in message
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Have you proven your proficiency on packet,
RTTY, or PSK31? Why not? But everyone else is supposed to prove
proficiency on morse code? Why? Because you did?

Your average no-coder is as ignorant about the computer assisted digital
modes
as they are of the original digital, CW. CW is an operator skill; the
computer
assisted digital modes are just button pushing, with technology replacing
operator skill.

Seems it pretty much has anyway. Mostly appliance operators. How many could
actually build a transmitter or receiver (simple AM, let alone SSB or any
digital mode)? My code is so rusty there's very little metal left, but if
pressed, I would still be able to use it. And though I like the new rigs
with all their bells and whistles, I could still put myself on the air on
any HF or VHF band with parts out of my junk box (can't vouch for frequency
stability on VHF, though.. :P)