Karl, PA is a no-code country for nearly two years now. At our local radio club (PI4D / PI4DEC) we started teaching morse code last year because some hams asked for it. It is still a mode that appeals to a lot of people.
73 Arie PA3A -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Karl Larsen Verzonden: zondag 17 december 2006 13:52 Aan: VR2BrettGraham CC: [email protected] Onderwerp: Re: [Elecraft] Morse test elimination Guys, the ARRL almost caused a revolt in FCC-Wireless. They were being visited by ARRL people daily. They are lawyers and they are trying to kill Internet on power lines, and push band planning and morse code testing removal. Then after they GOT the band plan they pushed it was discovered ARRL goofed. They made too much space near the CW/Digital bands Extra Class. But then wait. It will be simple to get a Extra Class license. No 20 WPM send and receive, hard written stuff, it is just some multiple guess questions now. The ARRL keeps sending me mail which says they need big bucks to keep the lawyers in Washington. Will I send a hundred bucks? I throw away to letter. All the fun I have had teaching code to people is over. My last effort was fun because I had a 5 year old girl. She had little trouble with the code, but she had not learned how to write down a Z or A. So all this is over. Well I'm almost over too. 72 73 Karl K5DI _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
