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![]() "Clint" rattlehead at computron dot net wrote in message ... When a standard must maintained, whether it be a ham license, or a pilots license, then a test is required. Otherwise the quality goes down. only if the maintained standard is directly relavent to the operation of what is being spoken of. Adherence to the rules, paying attention to "gentleman's agreements", and following all the rules and regulations are not mutually inclusive with that of morse code skill. If THAT was the fact, the overwhelming number of violaters on the 40 and 75m bands (who were legally licensed, with 13 and 20 wmp code testing) would NOT have done what they did; it sounded like channel 19 cb for many years before hollingsworth helped to clean it up (more proof that code testing is NOT a "yahoo filter") CW is a tradition in the ARS. as is FM, ssb, AM, etc..... It is a valuble mode of communications.] as is FM, ssb, AM, etc... However, it requires a certain amount of dedication and desire to maintain your ability to work the mode. as is FM, ssb, AM, etc... In otherwords advocating freedom of choice has nothing to do with getting a ham license. I was saying that in response to the accusation that I was forceing an idea on somebody; I was doing just the opposite... advocating a greater range of freedom of choice. People SHOULD NOT be able to force a change on the licensing authorities, based mainly on being too lazy to try to meet the standard. it's a representative republic; the very cornerstone of democracy is that the people are able to effect change when they feel it necessary for whatever reason THEY feel. The idea that it's because they're "too lazy to try to meet the standard" is simply your spin & rhetoric. Why should those of us that have the dedication have to be forced to have our privlidges reduced by those among us that are too lazy to bother to meet the standards we did? I wasn't aware that the NCTA crowd was advocating reducing your frequency priviledges. Or, is that more spin? As far as I know, you and other licensees were going to retain all the priviledges they had before the testing reform. By the way, thak you for including the latter part of the comment, PROVING I was right... that it all boils down to nothing MORE than "I did it, so waaaaa waaaa waaaaa, everybody should have to be forced to do it!!!!!" Should be rejoice at this? I don't think so. if it were true, no. But it's not. Your priviledges will not change; you will be able to transmit on all the frequencies that you could before the reform. We know that is what you SAY. The reality of the situation is based on the simple knowledge that human beings will take the easy way. Once CW testing is elliminated, CW use will eventually dissapear. Folks simply will not bother to learn it. OH! so you admit the OTHER half of the AWEFUL truth! it comes down to you want to FORCE people to do something they don't want to do necessarily of thier own free will! well, the thing that made america so powerful, such that in 200 years +, we have surpassed nations in economic power that have been on the planet for THOUSANDS of years, was that the free market forces were allowed to decide what course the market would take... and low and behold, the united states economic output is one third that of the total of the ENTIRE world..... that is, a nation with only 4.5% of the population has an economic value of 33% (about 11 trillion out of 34 trillion dollars) that of ALL nations combined.... ...if people worked morse code ONLY because they were forced to, then I doubt they would use it at all... that is to say, these same people would only pass the code test and then not use CW if they really didn't have thier hearts into it. If that was the ONLY thing keeping CW alive, it would have died a long time ago. But the bands are full of CW operators that are using it of thier own free will. If the free market determines that it no longer wants it, than keeping it around is tantamount to nothing more than subsidizing a mode of communications. You will certainly NOT make any more fans or lovers of the code by MAKING them do it. I honestly don't think that 5 words per minute is asking too much to gain access to a large part of the spectrum. I can see your bitch about 20 and maybe even 13. But for GAWDS sake....5wpm....ANYONE can do that. Especially with the multiple guess test. Give it a rest. Pay your dues. Even if it is only half price...or less. nah, better to work toward removing it, which is inevitable eventually. Clint KB5ZHT Good points Clint. But your last sentence shoots it all to hotel. Basically you just admitted your too lazy to meet the standards. Whatever. This arguement has and probably will, go on and on and on. And there is a movement to remove the CW segements from the HF allocations. There has been a discussion right here and I believe one or was it two ??, comments I read to the FCC. So there is a group out there that is really starting to **** the real hams off. Bet that ticked you off, didn't it ? Have a nice day. Dan/W4NTI |
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