I have to agree. I never thought of the US government as the yardstick to measure appropriate behavior. In fact, it has been the Amateur community over the last 10o years that has helped the FCC drive policy and technology adoption and this is, partly, why we enjoy so much spectrum and as much freedom as we do.
Many pushed for elimination of CW to improve access to licensing, but I really do not believe we should allow this to make us believe that CW is superfluous. I mean, PSK31 is not necessary for licensure and is not considered a necessary skill, and is not a requirement for licensure, yet, no-one is saying that PSK is unnecessary and should be eliminated. CW is a basic form of communication. Lets embrace it. Michael K3MH _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charlie Wilber Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 9:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [digitalradio] Re: Why still the W1AW CW non-listening stuff on 3.580? "KV9U" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:mrfarm%40mwt.net> > wrote: "Clearly, the FCC no longer considers CW a necessary skill. No reasonable person can deny that." ========== No "reasonable person" can deny what? That CW is no longer a necessary skill or that the FCC no longer considers it to be so? If you meant the former, your arrogant generalization is unfortunate and incorrect. If the latter, we need only remember that the FCC also considers BPL to be a benign technology that has no effect on amateur radio to understand the error of that statement. Any reasonable person will understand that. Charlie Wilber N1AOK
