[cfgeeks] FCC eliminates morse code requirements

[Gilbert Young]

On Dec 16, 2006, at 3:01 PM, Steve Litt wrote:

> On Saturday 16 December 2006 13:29, Kevin P. Inscoe wrote:
>> Albert Pratts wrote:
>>> That really sux!!!!!!
>>
>> And when is the last time you made a CW contact?
>
> I don't think that's the point, and that's coming from a guy who  
> probably
> would have been a radio amateur in his teens if it hadn't been for  
> the code
> requirements.
>
> If there's a severe disruption of our society, (think EMP or 500%  
> economic
> deflation with attendant depression), nice microprocessor equipped  
> radios
> with surface mounted components might not be available. It's always  
> possible
> we could be knocked back to spark gaps, and in such a possibility,  
> however
> remote, I'd feel more comfortable with a large population knowing  
> Morse Code,
> especially the population that operates radio transmitters.


CW is a great mode to know, if you have the desire and gumption to  
learn it.  I believe X does, but I don't. At least not at this stage  
in life.  IMHO there will always be people who know CW, same as there  
are still people who know how to make a wagon wheel, shoe a horse,  
etc..  I'll learn from them, or the sheet of paper I have with the  
code on it, if it ever came down to the above scenario.