I'm no sure I'd say it was to be "restrictive" but I will say there is a
benefit to making sure someone wants a license vs. mailing in boxtops
from their favorite cereal.
I'm probably one of the young guys here, at 60.
I made it to 5wpm and got my Novice, but never got past 10wpm. Took the
general written to get my Technician, and when the 13wpm requirement was
dropped was "grandfathered" to General. I currently hold an Extra Class
license.
Going back to my Tech. days, I never fell in love with code, spent a bit
of time on 2m FM, but very early got into RTTY. Ran autostart on the
SDTS repeater on 220 with a model 15 and later a 28KSR. Was a TAPR beta
tester, and probably still have my BETA TNC.
I like PSK-31.
So, when the CW vs. Phone arguments crop up, my response is pretty much
always going to be NEITHER!
73 -- Lynn
On 11/13/2017 10:04 AM, Edward R Cole wrote:
The purpose of requiring CW was perhaps not to be restrictive - but it
had exactly that effect.
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