Oh please. The tragic part is that so many can't see beyond their bifocals
and believe the operating mode CW is all that defines ham radio. Your
analogy is flawed. Had you said not requiring CW for a ham license is like
not requiring student's to become proficient with a slide rule now that
calculators and computers are universally available and used you would have
a correct analogy. CW is nothing more than one means to an end, in this case
communication. When you've taught a student math, as long as he gets correct
answers does it really matter if he gets his answer with a slide rule,
calculator, paper and pencil, or just out of his head? Why is CW any more
special than a slide rule? Join the current century and see CW for the
operating mode that it is not the deity people are making it out to be.
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:34:08 EST
> From: We5f@aol.com
> Subject: [TenTec] Eliminating CW as a License Requirement
> To: tentec@contesting.com
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> Carl:
>
> What's analagous to no longer requiring CW for proof of proficiency to be
> a
> licensed ham radio operator is to no longer require students in primary
> schools
> to learn addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division because they
> can
> push keys on a calculator and get the correct answer.
>
> It's analagous to no longer teaching computer science students programming
> language because they can use existing programs to write other programs.
>
> That's what's wrong with it.
>
> You're right, it's not a disaster for CW. It's a disaster for ham radio.
> There is really nothing any longer to distinguish us from the CBers. This
> is
> precisely where the ARRL got derailed in representing the best interests
> of ham
> radio.
>
> The fact that so many new hams, and even some experienced ones (!), don't
> understand this is the tragic part.
>
> 73, Jim KM5M
>
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