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U-Know-Who

"Slow Code" wrote in message
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"K4YZ" wrote in
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On 27 Nov 2006 15:37:54 -0800, wrote:
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On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 19:59:00 -0500, ". . . _" ProCoder@anon
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This site will help you work on your CW.
http://www.cq2k.com/

well it did not work 6 years ago, why would I expect to work now?

assuming I was willing to put the time into trying

They've repackaged it and are selling it as "New and Improved."

All they did was change the timing so that you now have to take the
5WPM exam at 13-15WPM.

Ah, I see it sounds really promising then

It's almost enough to entice someone into the service...

Almost.

Here's what's going to happen after the Morse Code exam is dropped:

There will be a brief surge of NCT's who upgrade to an HF license.
There will be a brief (maybe 6 months?) burst of new ops on HF, then it
will be back to the repeaters.

There will be a brief surge of new Amateurs. Ditto the above,
minus the migration back to the repeaters.

Then it will be business as usual...Just as it has been for the
last 5 major changes of Amateur Radio regulations that were supposed to
bring magnificent numbers of new operators to the fold.

Steve, K4YZ

No, the bands are going to get worse over the long haul. We got people
that don't want to be skilled knowledgable hams. If they're too lazy to
learn CW they are going to be too lazy to learn other things too.
Technical discussions will decline. It will start to sound like CB.

I give ham radio fifteen years after the code requirement is eliminated to
totally get there, but it will be noticable that it's going downhill
quality wise within the first five years.

Just listen to the no-code ignorance on repeaters, you don't think thats
no going to migrate to HF?

SC

It would certainly be an improvement over you.