I agree with Mal (Ouch! That hurt!).. I can also see
all 'Major CW' contests being eliminated in a few
years. There will still be FIST and QRP contest, but
how many real contesters will those attract? Another
thing that will help kill CW is on the burner right
now by the ARRL. The elimination of a band plan.
Transmission would be assigned by spectrum allocation.
This will not help to preserve CW.. I am usually not
right in my predictions, so I hope it rings true this
time and I am wrong again!
73, Art W6KY
www.w6ky.com
--- N7MAL <N7MAL@CITLINK.NET> wrote:
> Today I attempted to make a posting concerning the
> FCC Notice of Proposed Rule-making(NPRM) to
> eliminate the code requirement for obtaining an
> Amateur Radio license, thereby killing CW
> contesting. The moderator made it clear in, no
> uncertain terms, he would squelch all discussions
> because it was not related to contesting. Well it
> has a great deal to do with contesting, at least 50%
> of contesting. Once the requirement for knowing CW
> to obtain an Amateur Radio license is gone within 5
> years the CW contests will fade away. The new breed
> of hams will have no interest in CW contesting
> because they had no incentive, or reason, to learn
> the code. It is well documented now that phone
> contests have more participation than CW contests.
> Removing the code requirement will put the final
> nail in the coffin for CW contests. There is a large
> number of CW contesters, like me, who are 'getting
> long in the tooth' and CW contesting will need
> replacements. If there is no longer any requirement
> to
> learn the code where are our CW contest
> replacements going to come from?
> So, you see Tom this is probably one of the most
> important contest discussions we could have,
> especially as it relates to CW contesting. The
> contesting community needs to get together, with one
> voice, and make comments to the FCC against this
> NPRM. If the contesting community does not get fired
> up against the NPRM then 50% of the contests will
> just disappear. There are only 2 options: Ignore it
> by burying our heads in the sand and losing CW
> contests or make a strong stand against this NPRM.
> If we fail we can at least hold our heads high
> because we gave it our best effort to save CW
> contesting.
>
>
> MAL N7MAL
> BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
> http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm
> http://geocities.com/n7mal/
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