I have always felt the "CW issue" was not really about CW. Guess that sounds a bit odd. It seems to me most see it as a reduction of standards, "dumbing down" so to speak. I think CW did act as a filter of some sort because it did indeed keep some people from getting their license, whether or not they would have been "good hams". But love it or hate it, the requirement is gone, so deal with it however you can. Personally, I have always been in favor of keeping the requirement, along with tests that require you to learn something. However I won't throw up my hands in despair, at least not yet. None of us knows what the future of ham radio is or how this CW issue will pan out. Let's just hope for the best, encourage new people, and elmer them to be good hams. Have fun.
Buddy WB4M
