I did an all day demo at a local kids school (<11 years old) and they
enjoyed most of what we did. But what they really lapped up was being
taught to send and receive Morse Code across the class room and into
adjacent rooms. I was astonished at how quickly they caught on and how they
enjoyed it. They didn't know it is "irrelevant" to today's information
society, it was just fun.
Similarly, a friend told me that in some RN ships they still teach Morse by
lamp just for the fun of it.
Developing a skill for its own sake is not logical, but it works.
David
G3UNA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Larsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "VR2BrettGraham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 12:52 PM
Subject: 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
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