December 9th 06, 06:03 PM
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What's REALLY Going to Happen When the Code Test Drops
Paul Keinanen wrote:
On Sat, 09 Dec 2006 01:25:01 GMT, Slow Code wrote:
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.
From the European perspective, I do not understand this discussion.
Most European countries (except Russia) removed the CW requirement
after a few months of the ITU WRC decision that CW test is not
required at frequencies below 30 MHz.
I haven't observed any problems with persons using the HF bands
without the CW test.
Listen for yourself, can you tell which European operator has passed
the CW test and which one has not passed the test.
Paul OH3LWR
Paul:
If before I did not have reason enough to appreciate European logic, I
do now.
Warmest regards,
JS
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