Thread: It was a mistake for the ITU to eliminate the CW requirement.
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Old October 21st 06, 04:51 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.policy
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Default It was a mistake for the ITU to eliminate the CW requirement.

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On 20 Oct 2006 19:40:43 -0700, wrote:


Dave Heil wrote:

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What can be passed by CW that cannot be passed by voice???

A Morse Code exam.

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Dave K8MN

Sorry Dave, but you're wrong. The Morse Exam uses audio, not actual
on-the-air transmissions. I guess you're just not VE material.

indeed if the test were based on air use it might even be possible to
ctruct a rational for keeping the test although it would be rough to
justify why it is was the only mode so tested but one might make a
stab at it

If you have to "send by hand and receive by ear" over the air without
the license you're testing for, you'd be llike W3RV bypassing all the
testing and regulatory material and just getting on the air without a
license. And we wouldn't want that, would we?

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